Women’s World Cup in Bangladesh: ICC monitoring situation amid political unrest

New Delhi, August 5

The ICC’s internal security team is monitoring the unrest in Bangladesh, which has forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country, but it will wait and watch before deciding the fate of the Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled there in October. The event is to be organised in Dhaka and Sylhet from October 3 to 20.

“The ICC has an independent security monitoring system across all its member nations. The situation is being monitored closely but with seven weeks left for the tournament to begin, it will be too early to comment whether the tournament will be shifted from Bangladesh,” an ICC board member said.

The ICC has contingency plans for unavoidable situations but Sri Lanka can be an option considering that the 2012 men’s T20 World Cup was held there between September and October.

It will be interesting to see if the SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) send their women’s teams to a country where security situation could remain vulnerable. — PTI