BCB ground committee chairman Khaled Masud Pilot and BCB high performance department chairman Abdur Razzak stormed out of a press conference after an altercation with a few journalists regarding the BCB’s new rule on limited entry at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, citing security reasons.
When he was asked what kind of security threat journalists pose, Pilot chose not to engage with the issue. “You asked this question just to get some views, right?” Pilot said.
“I am honestly saying, no, I am not speaking as a director. I am personally saying I don’t like the way you asked that question, that is why I am stepping away,” Pilot said on his way out of the press conference room with Razzak, wearing a disappointed look.
Earlier, he announced an ambitious project in which the BCB wishes to build 137 wickets at different venues around the country by June 2026. Pilot made the announcement through a 30-minute-long presentation in front of media personnel in the presence of Abdur Razzak, another former cricketer who turned director in the last BCB election.
Following the election, the cricket board has failed to arrange competitive cricket in the Dhaka Club circuit and across the country. Now, Bangladesh is not playing in the T20 World Cup citing security reasons.
Pilot was asked why the cricket board is building wickets when the game itself is on the verge of vanishing from the grounds.
However, Pilot avoided the question, saying, “My responsibility is that, since I’ve been given the opportunity to come onto the board, I am telling you exactly that.”
“As far as we know, matches are played at all the venues we have shown. Games are held at every one of those grounds,” he added.
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