The women’s T20 World Cup is set to take place in Bangladesh from October 3–20, amidst political turmoil. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has asked the army leader of the nation to provide security assurance for the event.
For the women’s T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in October 3–20 in the midst of political instability in the nation following the removal of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has asked the army chief for assurances on security. Two cities in Bangladesh—Sylhet and Mirpur—are scheduled to host the women’s T20 World Cup. In order to secure security guarantees for the event, the BCB reportedly wrote to General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the chief of staff of the Bangladeshi army, according to Cricbuzz.
On September 27, the women’s T20 World Cup warm-up round is scheduled to start.
Following violent protests against the government that resulted in hundreds of deaths and former prime minister Hasina’s resignation and flight, the ICC has been keeping an eye on the situation.
It is anticipated that the ICC may choose to hold the competition in a different location that is in a comparable time zone, leaving Sri Lanka, India, and the United Arab Emirates as the options.
Along with a few other board directors, the current president of the BCB, Nazmul Hasan Papon, has also left the nation. It was thought that the Awami League, the party of the former prime minister, was behind them.
A few other directors, though, are still in Dhaka and are hoping that Bangladesh won’t be the site of the event.
Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu, the chairman of the BCB umpiring committee, declared, “We are trying to host the tournament.” “To be honest, there are not too many among us present in the country and on Thursday (August 8) we have sent a letter to the Army Chief regarding assurance about the security of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as we have only two months in hand,” he stated.
“ICC communicated with us two days back and we replied that we will come back to them shortly.” “After the (interim) government is formed, still we have to give them assurance of the security considering it cannot be given by the board or any anyone else apart from a law enforcement agency of the country and so we sent the letter and after getting written assurance from them (the Army), we will inform the ICC,” he claimed.
