Bangladesh Cricket

Players break bio bubble as BCB is concerned over their mental stress


Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday announced three-day family break of the cricketers in order to keep them refreshed mentally at the expense of breaking the bio-bubble.

BCB formed a 27-member preliminary camp for a one-week residential camp from September 20 ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka as part of preparation for the Test series that was scheduled on October 23 earlier.

BCB decided to allow their cricketers to get some gas by staying with their close ones after completing hectic one-week inside bio-bubble environment that was expected to come to an end on September 26 but BCB failed to implement their initial plan as they are not ready to completed 14-day mandatory quarantine in the island.

‘’We have to think about the mental state of our cricketers and they were really bogged down staying under the bio-bubble for the first time in their life,’’ said BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury on Saturday.

‘’It’s true that the existing bio-bubble is broken but we can always start a new bio bubble upon their return back to the hotel from their respective homes,’’ he said.

‘’We have to do a fresh testing of Covid-19 as the previous tests will not be considered due to long duration between each test,’’ he said adding that they did not complete the last Covid test that was expected to be completed 72 hours before their departure.

BCB dedicated a floor in the hotel for the team while meals are being served under strict protocol at a different floor to keep the cricketers and the supporting staff isolated and under the bio bubble while they opted to limit the movement of squad members both inside the hotel as well as at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium during the practice session.

BCB officials insisted that the hotel staffs that are expected to work with the team had gone through corona test will be living in a separate dormitory during their stay at Pan Pacific Sonargaon.

The drivers expected to carry the cricketers from hotel to the ground had also gone through corona test and were living isolated from their family.