Bangladesh’s interim government is planning to approach the United Nations as it hopes to keep the hosting rights for the upcoming women’s T20 World Cup despite the ongoing political turmoil in the country.
Thanks to the present situation, several countries including England, Scotland, Australia, India and New Zealand have put restrictions on their citizen traveling to Bangladesh.
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The government of these aforementioned countries have advised their citizens to avoid traveling to Bangladesh which has put up a big question mark over the world cup that starts from October 3.
The youth and sports adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Asif Mahmud has revealed they will speak with the UN in hopes of resolving the issue.
“There are travel restrictions for some countries and so we will speak with the United Nations. There are some issues regarding security and infrastructure and we will talk in this regard with professor Yunus (chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government). He is a sports lover and hope that he can resolve the matter,” Asif was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is also monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and has kept all options open including the possibility of shifting the global tournament to another country.
Another hurdle in organising the tournament of this scale and stature is the ongoing crisis in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
Since the fall of Awami League government earlier this month, BCB president Nazmul Hassan has been missing.
“The BCB president is missing. Of course, for a federation to function, all of its organs need to work. The president holds an important responsibility and he is absent. The BCB is an autonomous federation and we cannot give them any decision,” Asif said.
“We have suggested to the BCB directors to look at how to resolve the issue within the ICC’s legal framework. They will report to us later on whether to appoint someone for an interim period. We will continue the process in this regard. We want to make required changes but at the same time we need to follow a process. We don’t want to change the person; rather, we want to change the system so that whoever comes in by following that system, corruption cannot come in and we want to take steps so that we can make a permanent solution,” he added.
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