The International Cricket Council (ICC) has shifted the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the tense situation in Bangladesh.
According to the ICC report, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 matches are scheduled from October 3 to October 20, and they will now be played in the UAE instead of Bangladesh; the event matches will be played in Dubai and Sharjah.
It should be remembered that Bangladesh hosted the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Still, due to the tense situation there, many countries, including Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand, instructed their citizens to avoid traveling to Bangladesh, after which the ICC event was considered shifting to another country.
ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardyce said, “It is a shame that Bangladesh will not host the Women’s T20 World Cup. We know that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will have prepared well for this event.”
He said, “I would like to thank the BCB team for trying their best to hold this tournament in Bangladesh, but after the governments of several teams participating in the event issued travel guidelines to their citizens, it was not possible.
The ICC Chief Executive said that despite being held in the UAE, the Women’s T20 World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh and is looking forward to hosting an ICC event in Bangladesh shortly.
He said, “I want to thank the Emirates Cricket Board for hosting the event on behalf of BCB, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe for their offers to host the event. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
In the final of the Women’s Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team won the Asia Cup title for the first time. The host team defeated India by 8 wickets.
It should be noted that under the leadership of Nahid Islam, students in Bangladesh protested against the quota system for government jobs. They were ordered to restore the quota system.
During the protest against the quota system, the police used force on the protestors, which initially resulted in the death of 6 students, and soon the protest turned into violent demonstrations.
Meanwhile, the government suspended mobile phone and internet service across the country and imposed curfews in several cities, resulting in a total of 300 deaths in the protests.
