The ICC World Twenty20 security plan was presented in a meeting between the hosts Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and all the other representatives of the participating boards yesterday. BCB president Nazmul Hasan was confident that things will run smooth as the representatives seemed content with the presentation.
“We have put together a security plan for the World T20 like any other tournament. We had sent it to the ICC, who distributed it to the participating nations. Today (yesterday) was the day when the teams would put forward their concerns, I think all of them are happy, but if they do raise a point, they will be telling the ICC and it will be discussed in the next meeting,” said Nazmul after the meeting at a city hotel.
The BCB chief said they elaborated the security plan which was satisfactory to everyone present in the meeting and no major concerns were raised as the violence surrounding the national election has ended.
“There were no major points raised. There was political violence in our country but it has calmed down considerably. Our security plan is quite strong. Also present were government security agencies who explained how they would handle certain situations. These were questions of the participating nations, and they are satisfied,” he said.
Pakistan Cricket Board raised security concerns and was reluctant to send a team to Bangladesh, but Nazmul cleared the air and said it had nothing to do with the political violence rather it was the “protest against their country.”
“That’s what concerned them, but we assured them cricket is out of all these things. We said we’d give them additional security,” said Nazmul.