Tamim Iqbal wants to thank the England cricket team

England’s tour of Bangladesh was in no man’s land after the terrorist attack in Dhaka. However, the England Cricket Board (ECB) after sending a team to assess the security measures and after receiving a satisfactory report has given a green signal to the tour to go as per scheduled.

Members of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) welcomed the news and the opener Tamim Iqbal described it as a win for cricket. He also said that this is the best news he has heard in some time now. “Considering the current situation, I don’t think there is any better news than this. As a cricketer, I want to thank the England cricket team with all my heart. I am 100 per cent sure that the whole nation, our government, BCB, and every fan will do whatever that is required in order to make this series successful,” he told The Daily Star.

BCB director Akram Khan said that this was a big challenge for the board and this is a win for cricket. “Many might look at this as just another series. But keeping everything in mind and analysing the situation, this was a big challenge for us. This is actually a win for cricket. England has shown that the game won’t stop just because of a few evil forces. They have shown that to the rest of the world.”

BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon said that the board will make sure that they provide as much security as possible to the players family members, supporters, reporters, etc. “We will make sure that not just the players but the fans, the family members, the reporters — if they let us know where they stay and they contact us, we will arrange security for them no matter where they are, be it in the stadium or next to the hotel, wherever. We believe that there won’t be any problem with regards to this England tour,” he told reporters yesterday afternoon.

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“We will provide them with a three-tier security system. But of course, there will be a lot more covert security steps taken, secure steps that are not discussed. I was confident that they would agree to tour Bangladesh because of a number of reasons,” he added.

He claimed that they provide the best of the securities and pointed out that during the Under-19 World Cup, they protected over a dozen teams. “One of them is that no board in the world provides the kind of security we will be providing them with. During the Under-19 World Cup, our security team had handled more than a dozen teams. I am sure they will be able to handle one team without any problem,” summed up the BCB president.

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