 |
| BCB logo |
As the domestic cricket has fallen in chronic problem,
the former cricketers lashed out at Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)
harshly saying that the country’s cricket would have to pay a price
badly in future if such troubles continue.
According to the former cricketers, it is BCB’s fault to make the matter
complicated as they failed to tame the clubs and took them to the
ground. They also lambasted BCB for being club oriented leaving the
interest of country’s cricket in murk.
The Premier Division Cricket League this season faced huge ups and downs and was postponed six times. The uncertainty over the resumption of the league looms large day by day but the BCB is yet to take any control over the clubs.
The current stalemate is created over the transfer fiasco of Victoria’s Pakistan recruit Mohammad Yousuf as Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and Abahani Limited cited his transfer as fake. As the domestic powerhouses were related with it, Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) referred the issue to the cricket apex body. But the BCB failed to give any ruling though asked CCDM to restart the league on April 10. Abahani and Mohammedan remained adamant of not playing the league unless the transfer of Yousuf is declared invalid. The situation got more complicated when other clubs joined Abahani and Mohammedan. The rain for the time being gave the BCB a relief as CCDM announced the ground unplayable.
In the wake of the situation, the players also were concerned about their future. They however were not in a position to make any comment.
Former Bangladesh skipper Roquibul Hassan termed ‘poor management’ and ‘corruption’ as the reason behind the hindrance of the league.
“It is very unfortunate that the league faced obstacle repeatedly. BCB should not interfere into the matter because this issue should be handled by CCDM. But the people who are in CCDM are completely unprofessional to run the office. They just saw their interest, but not for cricket. That’s why they could not handle the issue,” he said.
He simultaneously lambasted the clubs as well for not being sincere to resume the league.
“BCB boosted them up financially as the league was halted by BPL. So they should be sincere. The big clubs should think about the interest of the cricket but they could not show a liberal attitude.”
“However I believe that we could overcome the situation and the league will be restarted. But I urged all stakeholders not to make delay to start the National Cricket League.”
Another former captain Faruk Ahmed however blamed the BCB wholly rather making the clubs culpable.
“BCB failed to take control over the clubs since the directors are completely club oriented. Their activities over the issue made it crystal clear that they gave more importance to their clubs rather than the country’s cricket,” said Faruk Ahmed, the former national captain.
“As they are morally weak, they could not overcome the trouble. But if it continues, the cricket would have to pay a severe price in future,” he added.
“It’s not new that they create the problems for the first time. They rather created problems relentlessly since they took the office. They have no plan, no vision. There was no development in any arena. There were no activities in Academy so the players were not produced.”
Though Bangladesh cricket did extra ordinary job in Asia Cup, Faruk thought that the scattered success came up with relying on some world class performers like Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal.
“BCB could not claim the credit. Success came up only for some world class performers. They are produced in our regime. But the way they run the board, there was possibility to collapse our cricket in next three or four years.”
The CCDM however declared that the league would be restarted on April 13 though the clubs stuck to their previous decision.
“We never said that we would not play the league. They (BCB) would have to tell about the Yousuf’s transfer clearly and should give reply to our letter,” Mohammedan cricket committee chief Khandokar Jamiluddin said.
As the problem lingers, the expenditure of the clubs got higher since they continued the practice session. The five clubs excluding Victoria of the super league may claim compensation from the BCB.
“We are thinking about it but yet to discuss the matter with all clubs. However we’ve to discuss first before taking any decision,” he said.
The Premier Division Cricket League this season faced huge ups and downs and was postponed six times. The uncertainty over the resumption of the league looms large day by day but the BCB is yet to take any control over the clubs.
The current stalemate is created over the transfer fiasco of Victoria’s Pakistan recruit Mohammad Yousuf as Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and Abahani Limited cited his transfer as fake. As the domestic powerhouses were related with it, Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) referred the issue to the cricket apex body. But the BCB failed to give any ruling though asked CCDM to restart the league on April 10. Abahani and Mohammedan remained adamant of not playing the league unless the transfer of Yousuf is declared invalid. The situation got more complicated when other clubs joined Abahani and Mohammedan. The rain for the time being gave the BCB a relief as CCDM announced the ground unplayable.
In the wake of the situation, the players also were concerned about their future. They however were not in a position to make any comment.
Former Bangladesh skipper Roquibul Hassan termed ‘poor management’ and ‘corruption’ as the reason behind the hindrance of the league.
“It is very unfortunate that the league faced obstacle repeatedly. BCB should not interfere into the matter because this issue should be handled by CCDM. But the people who are in CCDM are completely unprofessional to run the office. They just saw their interest, but not for cricket. That’s why they could not handle the issue,” he said.
He simultaneously lambasted the clubs as well for not being sincere to resume the league.
“BCB boosted them up financially as the league was halted by BPL. So they should be sincere. The big clubs should think about the interest of the cricket but they could not show a liberal attitude.”
“However I believe that we could overcome the situation and the league will be restarted. But I urged all stakeholders not to make delay to start the National Cricket League.”
Another former captain Faruk Ahmed however blamed the BCB wholly rather making the clubs culpable.
“BCB failed to take control over the clubs since the directors are completely club oriented. Their activities over the issue made it crystal clear that they gave more importance to their clubs rather than the country’s cricket,” said Faruk Ahmed, the former national captain.
“As they are morally weak, they could not overcome the trouble. But if it continues, the cricket would have to pay a severe price in future,” he added.
“It’s not new that they create the problems for the first time. They rather created problems relentlessly since they took the office. They have no plan, no vision. There was no development in any arena. There were no activities in Academy so the players were not produced.”
Though Bangladesh cricket did extra ordinary job in Asia Cup, Faruk thought that the scattered success came up with relying on some world class performers like Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal.
“BCB could not claim the credit. Success came up only for some world class performers. They are produced in our regime. But the way they run the board, there was possibility to collapse our cricket in next three or four years.”
The CCDM however declared that the league would be restarted on April 13 though the clubs stuck to their previous decision.
“We never said that we would not play the league. They (BCB) would have to tell about the Yousuf’s transfer clearly and should give reply to our letter,” Mohammedan cricket committee chief Khandokar Jamiluddin said.
As the problem lingers, the expenditure of the clubs got higher since they continued the practice session. The five clubs excluding Victoria of the super league may claim compensation from the BCB.
“We are thinking about it but yet to discuss the matter with all clubs. However we’ve to discuss first before taking any decision,” he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment