Bangladesh Cricket rocked by violence, captain accused of beating players! BCB intervenes
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Out of favour, Bangladeshi women's cricketer Jahanara Alam has raised a serious allegation against the current Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty, and accused her of physical abuse of junior cricketers in the Bangladesh Women's Team.
Jahanara Alam has represented Bangladesh in 52 ODIs and 83 T20Is and picked 108 wickets for the national side.
The 32-year-old Bangladesh player was last seen playing back in December 2024 during their tour to Ireland and has been absent from the squad since then. She has settled in Sydney and is unlikely to play any further for the national side.
Former pacer accuses Bangladesh Captain of physical abuse on juniors
Recently, while speaking to the Bangladesh-based newspaper Kaler Kantha, she made a shocking revelation about the current Bangladesh skipper and her dressing room antics. She claimed the skipper 'beats up' her junior fellow teammates a lot.
“This is nothing new. Joty beats up the juniors a lot. Even during this World Cup, the juniors told me, ‘No, I won’t do this again. Then I’ll have to get slapped again.’ I heard from some people, ‘I got beaten up yesterday.’ Even during the Dubai tour, she called a junior into the room and slapped her,” said Jahanara Alam, through the above-mentioned source.
Led by Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh side recently finished seventh in the eight-team tournament; however, they registered a stunning win over Pakistan Women at the start of their World Cup campaign.
Jahanara Alam mentions the politics within the BCB and the Bangladesh National Cricket team
After Alam has been absent from the Bangladesh team for nearly a year, and she has now accused politics in the system of having affected several players like her.
“Actually, I am not alone; everyone in the Bangladesh team is more or less a victim. Everyone’s suffering is different. Here, one or two people get advanced facilities, and in some cases, only one person gets them. In 2021, the process of eliminating seniors like me, along with a few others, from the post-COVID camp began," informed Jahanara.
"Then I was made the captain of one of the three teams in the Bangladesh Games. The captains of the other two teams were Jyoti (Nigar Sultana) and Sharmin Sultana. The pressure on seniors started from then on,” she added.
However, the BCB had claimed that the cricketer herself wanted to be kept out of the central contract as well as the national team for some time to address her mental health issues.
BCB refutes such claims and tags them as 'ill-intentioned'
The Bangladesh Cricket Board seems to back its Captain as they have refused any such claims made by the pacer. They have also mentioned her as a 'former' cricketer, hence claiming a possible end to her career for Bangladesh.
“The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken note of recent remarks made in the media by a former member of the Bangladesh Women’s National Cricket Team, in which she has made a series of allegations against the current National Team Captain, players, staff and team management,” said a BCB official report.
“The BCB categorically and strongly refutes these allegations, which are baseless, fabricated and devoid of any truth. The Board finds it unfortunate that such derogatory and scandalous claims have been made at a time when the Bangladesh Women’s Team is showing commendable progress and unity on the international stage,” it added.
The board added that it believed Alam’s comments were “deliberate, ill-intentioned and seemingly aimed at undermining the spirit and confidence of a team that continues to represent the country with pride.”
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