Asia Cup 2022: Dubai police review security at venue, assure smooth conduction of tournament

With just days left for the biggest cricketing festival in Asia, Dubai police have reviewed all the security measures and have given a green light to begin the tournament. In a meeting of the Dubai Events Security Committee (ESC), Brigadier Rashid Khalifa Al Falasi, Acting Assistant Commandant for Operational Affairs in Dubai Police and Acting Chairman of the ESC reassured, that they are ready to host the tournament.

The tournament is scheduled to start on the 27th of August and will continue till the 11th of September. Before that, Brigadier Khalifa visited the Dubai Stadium to recheck the security measures and also evaluated the latest information technologies that the Dubai police introduced in their system in collaboration with its key partners.

Brigadier Khalifa also focused on educating the public for positive engagement throughout the tournament. He, along with his team, also taught all the safety measures and protocols that needed to be taken while attending the matches at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh appoint Sridharan Sriram as new coach before Asia Cup

After appointing Shakib Al Hasan as their new captain, Bangladesh have announced former Indian all-rounder Sridharan Sriram as their new head coach ahead of Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. Sriram, who played eight matches for India, was part of the Australian set-up for a long time.

He was the assistant coach of the Australian team and also the bowling coach of the side. The 46-year-old is also a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore set-up as he currently is the batting and spin bowling coach of the team.

One of the BCB directors, while speaking to Daily Star said, “Yes, we have chosen Sriram up until the World Cup. As we are moving forward with a fresh mindset, the new coach will be seen from the Asia cup onwards. Since the T20 World Cup is our main target, he will not get time to adapt, if he is not recruited from the Asia cup.”