Safety A Concern

Crowd flooded the Mymensingh Circuit House ground yesterday to witness the opening day's action of the Mymensingh Premier League (MPL), the first 100-ball cricket tournament of the country. Organised by the Mymensingh Masters Cricket Association (MMCA), a forum of ex-cricketers, the five-day tournament had already raised concern over a local association's capacity in maintaining health guidelines and social distancing. And despite the organisers' claim, health safety and social distancing was nowhere to be seen as the large portion of the crowd were even without masks. Mymensingh Thunders and Mymensingh Riders won their encounters against Mymensingh Tigers and Mymensingh Eagles respectively on the opening day but the real victory of the tournament would be to see everyone involved with the tournament, including the invited former national team players and members of the World Cup-winning Under-19 team, stay unharmed till it's completion.

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