Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan has expressed regret at the series of incidents that led to a broken glass door in the ‘away’ dressing room at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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Bangladesh’s tense two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Friday’s virtual semifinal of the Nidahas Trophy was an uneasy encounter full of heated drama, both on and off the field, culminating in a temporary stoppage of play in the final over. The issue of the broken glass then added to the sour aftertaste of the match, which, from a cricketing point of view, had provided gripping action for nearly 40 overs.
SLC have officially lodged a complaint to BCB regarding the broken glass incident, one Hasan termed was an unacceptable act from the members of his team.
“Sri Lanka Cricket have contacted our board regarding the matter [broken glass door in the dressing room. Our CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury had informed me about it through phone,” Nazmul told reporters at the team hotel on Saturday.
“When I went there was broken glass lying in the dressing room. But the situation was such that we could not find out in detail why and who have done that. We will try to find it out,” he said.
“Probably it is done by anyone from our team. Considering our recent standings in the world cricket it is surely not acceptable,” he said.
Nazmul also added that he doesn’t think that BCB’s relationship with SLC will not be adversely affected by this incident. The two cricket sides have played each other frequently over the last one and a half years with board officials developing strong relations in the process.
“I don’t think such an incident can make any impact as far as our relationship with SLC is concerned because it is very strong. The SLC president and everyone congratulated us after the win,” he said.
