Wills International Cup: Gavaskar coming (11 October 1998)
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has accepted the invitation of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to attend the Wills International Cup, to be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium from October 24 to November 1
11-Oct-1998
11 October 1998
Wills International Cup: Gavaskar coming
Our Sports Reporter
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has accepted the invitation of Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) to attend the Wills International Cup, to be held
at the Bangabandhu National Stadium from October 24 to November 1.
This was revealed by BCB general secretary Syed Ashraful Huq
yesterday.
"He will come on a personal visit to watch a few matches and will not
appear in any TV interviews during the meet," Ashraful said. He will
be arriving on October 27.
Earlier, due to some sponsorship problems the little Indian master
was in doubt about his trip to Dhaka.
Besides, Ashraful also said that the Board was yet to receive a
confirmation from Pakistan's World Cup winning captain Imran Khan and
his wife Jemima. BCB has also invited them.
Tight Security
Five security agencies have been assigned to maintain law and order
at the Bangabandhu National Stadium during the Wills International
Cup.
This was confirmed by Bangladesh Cricket Board general secretary Syed
Ashraful Huq yesterday.
The agencies are: Crops of Military Police (CMP) of Bangladesh Army,
Police, Armed Police, Bangladesh National Cadet Crops (BNCC) and
Group 4 - a private security firm.
Zimbabwe First
Zimbabwe, as declared earlier, will be the first team to arrive in
Dhaka to take part in the Wills International Cup. According to the
BCB yesterday, the Zimbabweans are expected here in the early hours
of October 18.
England will be the next to arrive. They are coming in the afternoon
the same day while New Zealand, who will take on Zimbabwe in the
inaugural match of the nine-nation knock-out tourney involving all
Test-playing countries will arrive on October 20.
South Africa will come on October 22 while world champions Sri Lanka
two days later.
However, the members of the BCB sub-committee designated to receive
the participating teams will have a busy day on October 25 as two
teams - India and West Indies and a part of the Australian squad of
six players, arriving on the day.
Six Australian one-day specialists including Brendon Julian and Adam
Gilchrist will arrive here directly from down under. The other eight
members will be coming from the Test team now touring Pakistan. Those
eight will arrive on October 27. Remaining six players of the Test
side including skipper Mark Taylor and wicket keeper Ian Healy will
be here as spectators. Pakistan will arrive on October 27.
Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)