The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided being caught up in a shooting at a ...
WELLINGTON - The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided being caught up in a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch on Friday that left 30 dead and forced the cancellation of a test match against hosts New Zealand.
“All our players are now safe in their hotel which has been cordoned off,” the spokesman said. “We have advised the players not to step out.BCB President Nazmul Hassan later told reporters in Dhaka that the team would now demand better security on all of their overseas tours. “I can say that everything will change after this incident. We will set a plan from now on to ensure proper security when our team will be on tour in future.”New Zealand Cricket said they had chosen to cancel the test, which was the final match of the tour, after discussions with the BCB.
“Arrangements are being made for the return of the Bangladesh team home as soon as possible,” NZC said in a statement.“Entire team got saved from active shooters!!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers,” he wrote. “It’s obviously early days in a fairly fluid situation it’s something that we as New Zealanders have to look at as well,” he said.Cricket teams have previously abandoned tours because of violent attacks but most had been in South Asia, including Bangladesh which Australia decided against touring in 2015 because of security fears.
“Pak suffered same situation years back n can feel n relate to the pain n misery,” Pakistan’s information minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Twitter.
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