Bangladesh has welcomed the world champions.Bangladesh Cricket Board seizes world-class youth cricket team at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Many times in the past, the winning athletes have given flowers at the airport.
But today the airport is completely different. Another kind of festival. This time Bangladesh has chosen world-class athletes.
The under-19 World Cup-winning youth cricket team arrives in Dhaka shortly before 6pm on February 12. Akbar Ali, Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russell and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Nazmul Hasan seized the hearts with flowers. Senior officials of the Ministry of Sports and BCB were present at the time.
There is a huge crowd outside the airport. They have come up with different banners – festoons and national flags to share in the joy of winning the U-19 team. Akbar-Rakibul has been taken to the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on a bus arranged by cricketers. The BCB president was with the cricketers on the bus. The players will be greeted at the BCB office in the evening. The players will be officially face to face. Hundreds of motorcycles were on the way from the airport to Mirpur.
The dinner will be held in honor of the world-winning youth cricketers.
News Room, February 12,2020