Khelaghar allege foul play
Newcomers Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity have brought a serious allegation against the match officials and threatened to boycott the ongoing Premier Cricket League if they get no justice from the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) regarding to their Duckworth-Lewis loss against Kalabagan KC.
On Thursday at Fatullah Cricket Stadium, umpires Jahangir Alam and Mizanur Rahman declared that Kalabagan KC won the match by five runs in line with D/L method after play was called off due to bad light at one stage when Kalabagan needed 16 runs from 18 balls with three wickets in hand.
The Khalaghar officials at a press conference yesterday claimed neither batsmen nor the fielders complained about the bad light and the match officials including match commissioner Obayedul Haque Azam were influenced by the Kalabagan officials to take such decision.
"Even umpires did not show their light meter to our captain as well as provide the D/L sheet before the start of the second innings. The umpires were forced by the opponent officials to call off the match though it seemed enough light was there and they waited for 31 minutes despite having called off the game.
"We demand full match points in favour of us or the holding of a fresh match on cancellation of the previous result along with proper punitive punishment to umpires and match commissioners. Otherwise we will boycott the league," said Rezaul Karim Robin, the manger of the Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity.
"We were too victimized of bad umpiring during their first two matches against Surja Torun and holders Abahani as the umpires were biased and if the CCDM loves to see us in the relegation, then demote us directly, but not in this way," said vice chairman Emran Hossain.
"I saw the report of the match commissioner and nothing was found illegal. But still we will look into the matter and take initiatives if anything is found illegal as all participating teams are equal and we have no intend to give advantage to big clubs like Abahani, Mohammedan or Kalabagan," said Iqbal Yousuf Chowdhury Niku, CCDM member secretary.
“I have requested them to continue the play as that the CCDM would sit in a couple of days,” he stated.
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