Cricket: BCB optimistic about ‘safe’ World T20

The Bangladesh Cricket Board seems confident that the prevailing political condition in the country will not affect its preparation to host the 2014 World Twenty20. According to ESPNcricinfo, a press conference was held in Dhaka yesterday to mark the one-year run-up to the tournament. “The political situation during an election year in Bangladesh is usually unstable so I hope the situation will change during the World Twenty20,” said ICC vice-president Mustafa Kamal. “Government and opposition leaders had come to watch the Asia Cup last year, so we believe that the political parties will not create any obstacles.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7^th, 2013.