BCB Issues Show-Cause Notice to Sarwar Imran Over Comments to the Media

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is going to send a show-cause notice to outgoing head coach of the national women’s cricket team Sarwar Imran over his comments to the media after the team lost to Pakistan by 31 runs in the bronze medal match. BCB Women’s Wing Chairman Rafiqul Islam Babu confirmed the matter to the media on Tuesday.

Sarwar Imran had commented earlier in the day that the team’s results had deteriorated due to changes in the coaching staff and captaincy just before the tournament.

He told reporters after the match, “How can you expect a good performance if you put pressure on the head coach and captain during the tournament?”

BCB Women’s Wing Chairman Rafiqul Islam said the board will seek an explanation for this comment. He said, “We will definitely reprimand Sarwar Imran for this. Because how can a senior coach say this? The media has written a lot about the change of coach or captain, etc., but have we officially said anything even once?”

He added, “We told Sarwar Imran that we will discuss how to improve the situation after he returns.”
Various reports suggest that the Bangladesh captain had written to the BCB informing them of his decision. However, Rafiqul Islam said that Sarwar’s indication that the board had officially announced the change of captaincy was not correct.

He said, “The head coach said that I have announced that the captain is no longer there. This is not right, and for this reason he will be given a show cause notice.”