The last match of the BPL group stage was played at the Sher Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. And an unexpected incident happened during this match. During the match, the entire stadium was suddenly covered in darkness. All the lights on the field go with the floodlights. During the match, the game was stopped due to a power outage for some time. BPL has again come under criticism for such incidents during the match. Cricket fans are putting BCB on the docket.
Fortune Barisal and Khulna Tigers face each other in the BPL on Friday evening. The second over of the match was going on. Mahmudullah Riyad was batting. Shafiqul Islam was balling. After a wide delivery, Shafiqul was again preparing with the ball. And just at that time, all the lights in the field went out. Such incidents are not new in BPL. This has happened before as well
Cricketers and umpires left the field as the light suddenly went out. They gathered in front of the dugout. Spectators in the field tried to dispel the darkness by turning on their phone flashlights. After about a minute, the lights flashed in the BCB office. In no time, the light returned to the press box. It takes about six minutes for the flood light to come on even when the light comes on in the press box. After all the lights turn on, the game starts again. In total, the game was stopped for a little over 10 minutes.
It should be noted that the cricketers have been victims of power outages during the match before. In 2019, the match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the tri-nation series was covered by darkness. This incident happened at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium. Earlier in 2016, the same problem was seen in the Asia Cup final. At Zahoor Ahmed Stadium in Chittagong, the match was stopped due to the lights going out.
Meanwhile, Barisal won the toss and started batting first against Khulna in the match. Although Shakib Al Hasan was the captain of Fortune Barisal, he was not in charge that day. Mehdi Hasan Miraj was seen to perform his duties instead. Why is the BCB not more careful even after such incidents happen in the field? Such questions keep coming up again and again in Bangladesh cricket.