The cricketers came a little early. Everyone came and stood on the stage arranged on one side of Mirpur Shere Bangla Stadium. Now waiting for the World Cup trophy. The cricketers of the Bangladesh national team will take pictures with the golden trophy. For that, Mirpur Stadium has been crowded with journalists since morning.
Moments later a smiling Mushfiqur Rahim emerged from the dressing room, World Cup trophy in hand. Even on a cloudy day in Mirpur, its golden light spreads all around. ICC content creators were capturing the scene on camera. The cameras of the journalists were also there. The cricketer of Bangladesh was Mushfiqur who brought the World Cup trophy to the stage.
After that, the national team players took pictures of the World Cup trophy. After taking pictures, many of the cricketers joined the practice. However, Taskin Ahmed, Tanjim Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Tanjid Hasan, and Rishad Hossain remained on stage.
Taskin was scrutinizing the trophy
Tanjim, on the other hand, was preparing to hand over the pictures of his teammates. He took a picture of Shamim on his mobile phone. Shamim also kissed the trophy while taking pictures. Tanjim also took pictures of Tanjid and Rishad. Then Tanjim himself took a picture with the trophy.
The cricketers of Bangladesh Mushfiq, Taskin, and spin bowling coach Rangana Herath then took turns on stage to participate in a question-and-answer session with ICC content creators. Mushfiq highlighted the experience of the Bangladesh team. He believes that this experience will keep the Bangladesh team ahead in the World Cup. Taskin praised The cricketers of the Bangladesh team’s pace department. When asked about three reasons for Bangladesh’s success in the World Cup, he mentioned team effort, sincerity, and hard work.
After a while, the World Cup trophy was taken to the middle of the Mirpur Shere Bangla Stadium. After the photo session there, the field workers took pictures of the trophy. BKSP cricket department students also got the opportunity to take pictures with the trophy.
Cricketers of the Bangladesh women’s team also took pictures with the trophy.
Among former cricketers, selector Habibul Bashar also came to take pictures with the trophy. There he told the media, “It feels great to touch the trophy, it’s a dream.” If I could grab the open trophy after winning, it would be even better. Feeling a little thrill, for us the World Cup seems to have started today.
And Habibul felt optimistic about the Bangladesh team in that journey, ‘Every World Cup comes with hope, hope is increasing day by day. Hope is changing every time, and this time hope is not only mine but everyone’s a little bit more. Because we have been playing very well in the 50-over version for two years. As part of the World Cup Trophy World Tour, The trophy will be open tomorrow Wednesday from 11 am to 8 pm at Bashundhara Shopping Complex. There will be public viewing.
World Cup Trophy at Padma Bridge
The World Cup trophy is now in Bangladesh as part of the world tour. This trophy will be in Dhaka till August 9. After arriving in Bangladesh, the World Cup trophy was taken to Padma Bridge today for a photo session.
According to the tradition of ICC, a photo session is done in front of a special place or a special installation in the country where the World Cup trophy is taken. The trophy photo session was held in front of Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan last time.
The trophy of the ODI World Cup to be held in India in October-November was taken to the Mawa Point of the Padma Bridge near Pillar No. 1 after reaching Dhaka today at around 4:30 PM. After the ICC’s official photo session there, the media was given an opportunity to take pictures.
Tomorrow the world cup trophy will be taken at the Mirpur Sherebangla stadium, the media plaza of the stadium will be from 9 am to 12 pm. Men and women cricketers of the national team and former cricketers will be present there.
Cricket officials, sponsors, and journalists are also invited there. There will also be an opportunity for the public to see the World Cup trophy. The trophy will be open from 11 am to 8 pm on August 9 at Bashundhara Shopping Complex.
BCCI and ICC took a long time to announce the World Cup schedule.
The schedule was finally announced in late June, but the nine-match schedule was changed less than two months before the start of the tournament. Bangladesh has three matches in it. ICC has announced the change of the World Cup schedule today. Cricket’s governing body has not given any official reason for the schedule change. However, these schedules have changed mainly around two religious festivals in India.
ICC has changed the schedule of Bangladesh’s three matches against England, New Zealand, and Australia. In the earlier announced schedule, Bangladesh’s match against England was scheduled to be held in Dharamshala on October 10. Although the date has not changed, the start time of this match has changed. Earlier it was a day-night match, which was scheduled to start at 2:30 PM BST. But now it has become a match of the day, which will start at 11 am Bangladesh time (10:30 am local time).
Both the date and start time of the match against New Zealand have changed. The Chennai match has been brought forward from October 14 (Saturday) to October 13 (Friday). While it was earlier scheduled to start at 11 am, it will now be a day-night match, with the game starting at 2.30 pm.
Similarly, Bangladesh was scheduled to face Australia in the last match of the group stage on November 12 in Pune. That match has also been brought forward by a day to November 11. But as before, it will be a day match, meaning the game will start at 11 am Bangladesh time.