Mass reception awaits Tigers
The Tigers will be given a mass reception for their historic first-ever away Test series victory against the West Indies.
The Bangladesh cricket team led by all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan won both Tests against makeshift West Indies to achieve the feat.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarker arranged a programme to celebrate the success along with the journalists at the NSC Tower conference room yesterday where he announced that they would accord a reception to the heroes after their return.
The Tigers will return home after playing three one-day internationals in the Caribbean and a five-match one-day series in Zimbabwe.
The minister said that the time and venue would be announced later after discussion with all the stakeholders.
Meanwhile, BCB president Lt Gen Sina Ibn Jamali along with the other board directors also attended the programme and informed that they chose two venues---Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and Fatullah Cricket Stadium--to host the eight matches of the 2011 World Cup.
The opening ceremony will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Chittagong and Khulna have been considered as alternative venues for the showcase event.
Later, the State Minister, the Parliamentary Standing Committee chairman Zahid Ahsan Russell, BCB president, sports organisers and journalists celebrated the historic win of the national cricket team by offering sweets to each other.
Comments