Sports Correspondent

Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that Tigers will be provided with VVIP security in the upcoming tours as they are well aware as they are not willing to take any risk in this regard in the coming days.

Seven security personnel will accompany the Bangladesh team during their stay abroad to make sure they don’t face a similar crisis that they had to bear during their last   tour in New Zealand.

Security became a major issue for BCB since players from the Bangladesh team narrowly escaped a shooting incident at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch before they safely made it back to their hotel.

The New Zealand Cricket Board and Bangladesh Cricket Board have decided to cancel the third Test to be played at the Hagley Oval as a result.

Bangladesh team arrived home immediately following the shootout in Christchurch, which killed 49 people and injured several others.

‘’They will be provided VVIP security during their stay in Ireland and England. Since the New Zealand incident security have became a major issue and we need to address it and take a final decision in this regard,’’ Nazmul told reporters ahead of their forthcoming tours.

‘’We have communicated with our Embassy in England and decided to employ the private security agencies [ comprised with four members] that are often asked to come forward when someone like our prime minister or any VVIP arrive there,’’ he said.

Apart from that we will have our own security personnel to make sure everything moves smoothly.

ICC is expected to provide us two security official during the World Cup and we are taking them  to Ireland on our own account while a member of BCB’s security committee will always be there,’’ he said.

‘’Apart from that we will also be receiving some kind of security assistance from Ireland during our stay over there for the tri-nation,’’ he said.

Since the incident, BCB decided to have a comprehensive security plan from now onwards from unlike the past when hosts board used to provide their security plan in their MOU