BCB avoid mass gathering
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Monday that they have decided to sell only one ticket to one person in order avoid mass gathering during the two-match series opener between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe as part of precaution for corona virus.
‘’We have decided to sell only one ticket to one person during the two T20’s against Zimbabwe,’’ said Nizamuddin.
‘’The government have directed to discourage public gathering and following that we have taken this initiative,’’ he said.
Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed the presence of COVID-19 cases in the country, saying that three people were tested positive with the corona virus after its outbreak in China in December.
Two of them have recently returned from Italy. All the infected patients are aged between 20 and 35.
With one person being sold only one ticket, the target is to keep the crowd to one-fifth of the capacity at the 25,000-seater Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and as things stand, the restriction on ticket sales for the Monday T20I is the only decision the BCB has made with regard to COVID-19.
But there could be concerns around a number of events planned over the next two weeks: the second T20I against Zimbabwe on March 11, a concert as part of Rehman's birth centenary celebrations on March 18, and two T20Is between Asia XI and World XI in Dhaka, on March 20 and 21, which are also part of the celebrations.
