Umpire Tanveer Ahmed has declared that he will not preside in the five-match T20I series between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the India Women’s squad on Saturday, April 20.
Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of India, was punished for two matches following her confrontation with the umpire in the final One-Day International (ODI) of the bitter 2023 series between the two teams, in which Tanveer played a pivotal role.
After being called out leg-before, Harmanpreet broke the stumps with her bat and got into a furious argument with the umpire. She attacked the game’s officiating later at the presentation ceremony.
According to Cricket sport, Tanveer was left off of the BCB’s list in order to shield him from the visitors’ repeated attacks. “I think if he is included in the upcoming home series against India women’s team there is a possibility he can again be at the receivers end considering Indian women cricketers might target him and we don’t want that to happen and as a result we decided not to include him for the series involving Bangladesh and India women’s team,” a BCB official told Cricket sport on condition of anonymity
Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu, the head of the board’s umpire committee, revealed to Cricket sport that Tanveer would play in the home series against Zimbabwe after the assignment against India. “Yes, Tanveer is not included in the list of match officials for the home series against India women’s team as we want him to be involved in the home series against Zimbabwe and both the series will be played side by side,” stated Iftekhar.
In order to prepare for the series, Bangladesh has already arrived in Sylhet, while their rivals are anticipated to arrive on April 23.
