BCB writes to Army chief seeking security assurance for conduct of the World Cup

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has held a glint of trust over facilitating the impending ICC Ladies' T20 World Cup following fierce fights that have seen the burden of a crisis by the country's in-between time government. The board has kept in touch with the Bangladesh Armed force Head of Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Thursday looking for security confirmation for the lead of the competition, which is at present planned to start on September 27 with the warm-up games. The Worldwide Cricket Committee (ICC) in the mean time has been intently observing the circumstance in Bangladesh and has even weighed up other host choices and in case of the competition being moved out, is probably going to pick a country in a comparative time region as Bangladesh. India, UAE and Sri Lanka fit its prerequisite. On Thursday (August 8), Nobel Laureate Teacher Muhammad Yunus-drove in-between time government was named to run the country's undertakings till new races are directed. Following State head Sheik Hasina' takeoff from the country, a few load up chiefs, including BCB president Nazmul Hassan, were likewise driven away from Bangladesh given they were supported by Hasina's party, Awami Association. In any case, a few different overseers of the board keep on living in Dhaka and hold trust concerning facilitating the marquee occasion. "We are attempting to have the competition," Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu, BCB's Umpire Advisory group executive, told Cricbuzz. "To tell the truth there are not such a large number of among us present in the nation and on Thursday (August 8) we have sent a letter to the Military Head in regards to confirmation about the security of the ICC Ladies' T20 World Cup as we have just two months close by," Mithu told Cricbuzz on Thursday. "ICC spoke with us two days back and we answered that we will return to them in practically no time. Today after the [interim] government is framed, still we need to give them confirmation of the security considering it can't be given by the board or any other individual separated from a policing of the nation thus we sent the letter today and in the wake of getting composed confirmation from them [the Army] we will illuminate the ICC," he added. Ten groups are booked to play 23 matches, north of 18 days of the World Cup, at two settings in Bangladesh - the Sher-e-Bangla Public Cricket Arena in Dhaka and the Sylhet Global Cricket Arena in Sylhet - from October 3 to 20. It is discovered that the ICC will take until August 10 preceding taking a choice on the setting of the competition in the wake of evaluating the circumstances on-ground in Bangladesh.