Sports Desk: The T20 World Cup team will be announced on Tuesday at 12:30 PM. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) informed us about this 24 hours ago. The movement of media workers started in Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla in the morning. A few hours before the scheduled time, there were no moles around the media center.
But BCB should not be at 12:30 p.m. Journalists were not allowed to enter the press conference room even a few minutes before the scheduled time. Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu and selectors Abdur Razzak and Hannan Sarkar finally came to announce the team about a quarter of an hour late at 1:30 p.m.
Before any World Cup, there are many dramas about the announcement of the team. This time was no exception. The board sent the team to the ICC at the beginning of May. The official announcement came after about two weeks. So far, the team has been involved in various conflicts. Finally, the chief selector announced the team by making a change from the team sent to the ICC.
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto has already warned not to expect too much from the World Cup held in the United States and West Indies in June. Taking this statement from the team leader, the Chief Selector was asked to know what their expectations were. Lipu also said, in tune with Shanta’s tone, that Bangladesh has not reached the stage of saying that it will play the semi-finals.
Citing Shanta’s statement, Lipu said, ‘There is a huge craze for cricket in our country. Even when we didn’t play at the big events, we saw packed galleries. I have been observing that since 1997. That craze has now spread widely. In that light, maybe the leader said it. I wanted to give this explanation to everyone so that there is no extra hope.
“In T20 cricket, we haven’t reached that stage yet where you can handle the team in the semi-finals. What he means is to proceed step by step. He tried to say this in the light of real power’- added the Chief Selector.
The frenzy has been going on for several days with the announcement of the World Cup team. There is concern about who will be there or not. mass media or social media; the World Cup team was at the center of discussion everywhere. Taskin Ahmed’s injury at the last minute sparked more discussion.
While the frenzy is high ahead of the World Cup, Bangladesh’s expectations are limited. India had dreams of reaching the semi-finals before the World Cup, but it will go down as the worst World Cup in history. This time, maybe the captain or the chief selector wants to rein in the expectations and keep them within their limits.
However, what does the chief selector expect from this team of his own making? His simple confession was, ‘We hope to get past the first round and play in the second round. Then there will be efforts to go to the next step.
Bangladesh’s best success in the T20 World Cup came in 2022. Achieved the feat of winning two matches in the Super Twelve. Despite playing well against India, they lost by 5 runs due to rain. What will happen now? Time will tell.
