2024-09-19 08:27:27
Suwarna Sharmin from Canada, Rubel from South Africa, Naseem Dwip from Australia — they are all expatriate Bangladeshis. On Wednesday (September 18), Bangladesh Cricket Board plans to announce the Bangladesh National Women’s Cricket Team’s World Cup squad.
Not only them, Sagar Debnath from United Arab Emirates, Nahid Islam from Doha, Qatar, Akash Rahman from New York, Mustafa Islam from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Yasin Chowdhury from Muscat, Oman, Nasima Tansim from Sweden and Al-Amin Khan from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joined the announcement of the 15-man squad.
Earlier, the BCB had shown differences in the World Cup squad announcement of the national men’s cricket team. This time, the women’s team raised their profile by adding expats to the announcement.
BCB has suddenly added them to any plan? The answer was given by Habibul Bashar Suman, Head of Women’s Department of BCB. At the press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Habibul said, ‘Our World Cup is very important this time. But a very big strength in our cricket is the supporters. We have seen that only the people of the country follow from here. But when we go into exile, those who live in exile; A large part of them follow us.
“It was interesting to see how much they were keeping up with us (women’s cricket). I saw that everyone is looking at the World Cup with great interest. They are actually very involved with our team, that’s why we are trying this. That’s why the squad is announced from them.’ – He added.
The four opponents of Bangladesh in the group stage in the United Arab Emirates are Scotland, England, West Indies and South Africa. Jyotira will also play two preparatory matches. Habibul wants the support of expatriates in the field, ‘Expatriates always support. When we go to play outside the country, it’s when I played cricket, later I went to see even saw expatriates come to the field, it’s our great strength. Those who are in the United Arab Emirates, I hope you will all come to the field. Your support will really help our girls a lot.’