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Jahanara Alam has alleged maltreatment by ex-Bangladesh selector during the 2022 World Cup. (Getty Images)
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced connected Thursday that it volition found a committee to analyse allegations made by accelerated bowler Jahanara Alam regarding inappropriate behaviour by a erstwhile selector during the 2022 ODI World Cup.
The committee has fixed the committee 15 moving days to taxable its findings and recommendations, demonstrating its committedness to addressing the superior quality of these allegations.Jahanara Alam, who presently resides successful Australia, revealed successful an interrogation with writer Riasad Azim that a erstwhile selector, who served arsenic some selector and manager of the women's team, behaved inappropriately towards her. She specifically mentioned that the idiosyncratic asked her lewd questions during their interactions."I faced respective times (indecent proposal), not once. Definitely, erstwhile we are progressive with the team, we cannot talk retired astir galore things, adjacent if we privation to. When it comes to your breadstuff and butter, erstwhile you are known by a fewer people, you cannot accidental oregon protestation galore things adjacent if you privation to," Jahanara told Azim's YouTube channel.The accelerated bowler, who has represented Bangladesh successful 135 matches, besides alleged that aggregate BCB officials acted inappropriately with her.
She stated that she had reported these incidents to erstwhile BCB manager Shafiul Islam Nadel and the board's main enforcement Nizamuddin Chowdhury."In 2021, Towhid Bhai approached maine done Babu Bhai (Coordinator Sarfaraz Babu). I've said this galore times before. I don't cognize wherefore they misbehaved with me. I tried hard to enactment quiescent and absorption connected cricket. But erstwhile I tactfully avoided the proposal, Manju Bhai began humiliating and insulting maine from the precise adjacent day," Jahanara said successful the video."Towhid Bhai ne'er spoke to maine straight - helium sent Babu Bhai instead. After astir a twelvemonth and a half, I submitted an 'Observation Letter' to the CEO, not a complaint, explaining everything. Babu Bhai had told maine to 'look aft Towhid Sir,' but I replied, 'He's the in-charge, what is determination for maine to look after?' I deliberately pretended not to recognize the proposal. I'm sharing this truthful that different girls tin besides support themselves this way.
That's erstwhile Manju Bhai's atrocious behaviour started.""The 2nd connection came from Manju Bhai during the 2022 World Cup. I decided to pass the BCB astir everything that had happened implicit the past twelvemonth and a half. I told Nadel Sir respective times - he'd connection a impermanent fix, but soon things went backmost to the same. I adjacent informed the CEO."Jahanara revealed that Manjurul had the inclination of getting excessively adjacent to pistillate players.
Many of them started avoiding him due to the fact that of this habit."During our pre-camp, portion I was bowling, helium came up and placed his manus connected my shoulder. He had a wont of pulling girls close, pressing them to his chest, and talking adjacent their ears. We utilized to debar him - adjacent during handshakes aft matches, we would widen our hands from a region truthful helium couldn't propulsion america in. Among ourselves, we'd gag nervously, 'He's coming, he'll hug america again.'"Narrating an incident, Jahanara said that the erstwhile selector came excessively adjacent and asked astir her play cycle."Once helium came adjacent me, held my hand, enactment his limb connected my shoulder, leaned adjacent to my ear, and asked, 'How galore days has your play been?' He already knew, since physios way players' cycles for wellness reasons arsenic per ICC guidelines. I don't cognize wherefore a manager oregon selector needed that information. When I said, 'Five days,' helium replied, 'Five days? It should've ended yesterday.
When your play is over, archer maine - I person to look aft my broadside too.
' I conscionable looked astatine him and said, 'Sorry, Bhaiya, I didn't understand.'"Manjurul denies allegations arsenic 'baseless'Manjurul has categorically denied these allegations, calling them 'baseless'. "What tin I accidental isolated from terming it arsenic baseless. You tin inquire different cricketers whether I was bully oregon bad" Manjurul told Cricbuzz."It's unfortunate she is dragging a dormant man. I conscionable privation her to travel up with impervious alternatively of making baseless accusations," said Babu."The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has noted with interest the allegations reported successful the media made by a erstwhile subordinate of the Bangladesh nationalist women's cricket squad regarding alleged misconduct by definite individuals associated with the team," the BCB stated successful their authoritative release."As the substance is of a delicate nature, the BCB has decided to signifier a committee to analyse the allegations thoroughly. The committee volition taxable its findings and recommendations wrong 15 moving days.
The BCB is committed to ensuring a safe, respectful, and nonrecreational situation for each its players and personnel. The committee takes specified matters with utmost seriousness and volition instrumentality due enactment based connected the findings of the investigation.
"These caller allegations travel Jahanara's erstwhile claims wherever she accused Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana of physically abusing her teammates. The BCB had dismissed these earlier allegations arsenic "baseless."Jahanara Alam has established herself arsenic a important subordinate successful Bangladesh women's cricket, taking 48 wickets successful ODIs and 60 wickets successful T20Is passim her career. Her achievements widen beyond nationalist cricket, arsenic she holds the favoritism of being the lone Bangladesh subordinate to person participated successful some the Women's T20 Challenge successful India and the FairBreak Invitational T20.
