Bangladesh Cricket Board keen to host Women's T20 World Cup 2024 despite political unrest in country

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is confident about hosting the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup as per schedule despite ongoing political unrest. Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury stated that the present scenario of unrest and riots in the country will not impact the ICC tournament.

Bangladesh has experienced violence and protests on the streets, with over 150 people reportedly killed. The protests are related to government job quotas for families of 1971 Independence War freedom fighters. The government imposed a curfew and an internet shutdown across the entire country.

Earlier, Cricbuzz reported that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is keeping an eye on the situation in Bangladesh due to recent unrest and an imposed emergency. The Bangladesh government is yet to lift the emergency, which was imposed last week.

We Are Hosting The Upcoming Women's T20 World Cup - Nizamuddin Chowdhury

BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that Bangladesh will host the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup as planned. Nizamuddin stated that preparations are ongoing accordingly, keeping that in mind.

“As of today all I know is that we are hosting the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as per plan and we are working accordingly keeping that in mind,” Nizamuddin Chowdhury told Cricbuzz on Saturday.

The Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played in Bangladesh from October 3 to 20. A total of ten teams will play 23 matches over 18 days during the tournament. The matches will take place at two venues: Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka and Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet.

Everything Will Be Fine In The Coming Days - Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel

BCB president Nazmul Hasan and the chief executive returned to Dhaka on July 26 after attending the ICC meeting in Colombo.

Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, BCB women's wing chairman and ruling party member, said that the situation will be fine in the coming days. Shafiul said that they are taking the preparation as per plan.

"We are hopeful that everything will be fine in the coming days. The Australians and England team visited here in difficult times earlier when the political situation was quite violent or say when there was corona," Shafiul said.

"The situation is not like that and the condition is improving with passing days we are hopeful about hosting the tournament and we are taking the preparation as per our planning," he added.

Team India is placed in Group A with New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and defending champions Australia for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup. Group B includes hosts Bangladesh, England, South Africa, the West Indies, and Scotland. This is the second time Bangladesh will host the ICC T20 tournament.

The 2023 T20 World Cup runners-up South Africa will take on England in the first match of the T20 World Cup. The top two teams from Groups A and B will advance to the semi-final matches. The final match of the tournament will take place on October 20 at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.

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