Hot news in the online version of a newspaper early Thursday morning, a hotel room brawl with a Caribbean cricketer. Only the incident came to a media. No other media was reporting, as it could not be confirmed.
Everyone was waiting for Rangpur Riders to come to Chittagong Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium to practice at around 1 pm. Then maybe a complete picture of the incident will be obtained from someone responsible for the party or their official statement will be known about it.
Shanian Tanim, manager of Rangpur Riders, spoke to the media about this on the field after the practice started at 1 p.m. He confirmed that there was no fight or push between Nurul Hasan Sohan and the Caribbean cricketer of Comilla Victorians.
That Caribbean cricketer of Comilla Victorians is most likely William Ford. Shanian Taneem even uttered Ford’s name once. However, he made it clear that no major incident happened with the Caribbean cricketer Nurul Hasan Sohan. The speaking culture of the two countries is different. Because of this, the conversation between them was heard differently and it was considered a quarrel.
Shanian Tanim claimed that he himself was in front of the incident in question and handled it as the team manager. He claimed that with the strength of Nurul Hasan Sohan and that Caribbean cricketer (William Ford), if there had been a fight or a fight between the two, then either of them would have been in the hospital.
Shanian Tamim was asked if there was a fight between the two cricketers, according to published reports. Did something like that actually happen? He said, ‘Nothing like that happened. The way of speaking may have been different because of their own culture. But the fight happened – with the amount of energy they both had, someone would have been in the hospital. Then maybe you should have gone to the hospital to report.’
So basically what happened between Sohan and the Caribbean cricketer at that time? As you claim yourself, you were ahead. Shanian Tanim said, ‘If you want to know the details, then the fact is that our culture and the West Indies, Europe or British culture are not the same. Their style of speech is one, our style of speech is different. ‘
‘Sohan wanted to come to my room, that’s why he was looking for a room. Then from the other side maybe that player said something different to him (to make fun of Sohan). Again he was a player of another team, that was a different matter. There were four or five of us there, everyone enjoyed it. After having fun that player went to his room, Sohan came to my room. And I think it’s a very unnecessary thing, not newsworthy. Because, right now is the peak time of the tournament. Everyone should focus on everyone’s performance.’
In response to another question, Shanian Tanim said, ‘I feel that this is a very unnecessary issue that has spread out. It is not appropriate to spread it in any way. It is very clear that we have a good relationship with all the cricketers of other teams. I think, whether it’s Ford (Williams) or any other player, whatever team he’s on, it’s our responsibility to protect him. Because, he is not only a foreign cricketer, he is our guest here.’
‘I know, nothing like that happened with Sohan, not as much as it has been spread. It is not an incident to come in the media. We are sharing 5 team hotels. All cricketers have fun. We even share the same floor. So, one player goes from side to side, this one says one thing, that one says another thing. But the things that are being said about entering the room and fighting or fighting – to tell you the truth, I was right there, nothing like that happened.’
So how did this event come out? No one in Comilla or Rangpur gave this incident? Those involved in the security, on the condition of anonymity, also admitted the truth. Will you tell the cricket board about these things?
Shanian Tanim said, ‘First of all, nothing happened that could not be handled. However, we reconciled the matter with the two managers. All resolved within 5 minutes. That player went to his room, Sohan came. We have solved the problem very easily and left. We meet every day at breakfast, we talk. But it is true, it was very unnecessary to go to the media. We have learned that there has been a report in this regard in BCB. It is not actually reportable to BCB. Whoever reported it, it was none of their business. However, I will request the media to protect not only our players, but also our guest players.
was talking about culture, because of which words can be misunderstood; But is there any bad talk about Bangladesh? Shanian Tanim said, ‘Absolutely not. Whoever comes here, English players come, New Zealand, Australia, West Indies players come – they all enjoy playing here. They love BPL. They get a lot of respect here. I don’t think anywhere else gets this honor. I have seen since 2017, no international player has ever made any comment about Bangladesh.
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