The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) ‘strongly refuted’ allegations of bodily abuse made by quick bowler Jahanara Alam towards the ladies’s staff captain Nigar Sultana. Alam, 32, who hasn’t made a global look since December 2024, had claimed that Sultana had overwhelmed up her teammates throughout an interview with Bangladesh newspaper Kaler Kantho, based on ESPNcricinfo.
“The BCB categorically and strongly refutes these allegations, that are baseless, fabricated and devoid of any fact. The Board finds it unlucky that such derogatory and scandalous claims have been made at a time when the Bangladesh Ladies’s Crew is exhibiting commendable progress and unity on the worldwide stage,” BCB stated in an announcement.
“The Board believes that the timing and nature of those feedback are deliberate, ill-intentioned and seemingly geared toward undermining the spirit and confidence of a staff that continues to characterize the nation with pleasure. It’s deeply disappointing that a person who presently has no involvement or relevance within the plans of Bangladesh cricket has chosen to make such deceptive statements in public,” the assertion added.
The Bangladesh board affirmed that it totally trusts and helps the nationwide girls’s staff’s management, gamers, and administration. Whereas confirming that no proof has been discovered to help Alam’s claims, the Bangladesh board has reaffirmed its help for the ladies’s staff.
“The BCB needs to make it clear that it has full belief and confidence within the Ladies’s Nationwide Crew’s management, gamers and administration. The Board has discovered no proof to help any of the claims made and stands firmly behind the staff and its personnel,” the assertion concluded.
Within the current Ladies’s World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh completed seventh out of eight groups that contested within the showpiece occasion. The Sultana-led facet registered only one victory over Pakistan and got here near defeating England, South Africa and Sri Lanka.