2024-10-02 23:21:04
From Sports Correspondent, Gwalior || risingbd.com
Published: 22:01, 2 October 2024 Updated: 22:19, 2 October 2024
Distance from Kanpur to Gwalior is only 40 minutes by air. Bangladesh team reached this city of Madhya Pradesh at noon. Shrimant Madhavarao Shinde Cricket Stadium is ready for the first international cricket match.
Coming to the new city, the Bangladesh T20 team is getting about 24 hours of rest time. Nazmul Hossain Shantara will practice tomorrow at half past noon. The team members from Dhaka also joined the team hotel in Gwalior today. The first T20 match will be on October 6 at 7:30 PM Bangladesh time.
Bangladesh is going to play T20 for the first time after T20 World Cup. Shakib Al Hasan has retired from the shorter version of cricket. It can be said that the path of a new Bangladesh is starting in Gwalior.
Apart from Shakib, Soumya Sarkar and Tanveer Islam are missing from the World Cup squad for the India series. Soumya Sarkar has been eliminated. Tanveer is suffering from a hand injury. Rakibul Hasan got a place as a left-arm spinner. Mehdi Hasan Miraz got a place as an all-rounder. Parvez Hossain Emon has been replaced by Soumya Sarkar. Forget the disappointment of the Test series, let’s see how Bangladesh does this time.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Media Manager Rajiv Rishadkar said the stage is ready. International cricket is returning to this city after almost 14 years, adding to the excitement.
Bangladesh has come here for the first time. feeling good Because it is the ideal venue for T20 cricket, the first Madhya Pradesh League was held here. The gallery was always full. The audience here is crazy. I think it will be successful and bring good things to Gwalior. We are expecting about 30,000 visitors here.’
Like Kanpur, the Hindu Mahasabha has called for protests in Gwalior. There was no problem in Kanpur and the organizers do not see any such problem here. Rajiv said that there was a problem due to continuous rain 15 days ago, that too will not happen.
“Our preparations are going well. The problem is that it has rained here for 15 consecutive days. We have to provide drainage. The drainage system is good but the rain has been unexpectedly heavy. There is a lot of water around the field. Now the stadium is fine. No problem except rain. Hope we can solve this problem of rain.’
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