Two Dhaka Premier League matches at the BKSP fields in Savar were postponed on Tuesday due to a highway accident, with all four teams trapped in traffic for hours on the Dhaka-Aricha highway, according to tournament officials.
Both matches have been rescheduled for Wednesday, while the previously scheduled matches on Wednesday will be moved to Thursday. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Legends of Rupganj played at BKSP-3, while Prime Bank Cricket Club faced Partex Sporting Club at BKSP-4. They were meant to start at 9 a.m. local time.
According to news sources, an oil vehicle caught fire at 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday after flipping over near the Hemayetpur bus stop on the Dhaka-Aricha highway. Four additional trucks and a private automobile adjacent caught fire as well.
Mohammad Nurul Islam, an officer with Savar’s fire service and civil defense station, told the daily Prothom Alo that one person died and eight others were hospitalized at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
The accident resulted in a significant tailback on both sides of the road. The four teams were trying to get to the Savar venues, which were about 25 kilometers apart. Teams commonly utilize the Dhaka-Aricha highway and depart through the city’s Gabtoli neighborhood.
BKSP matches are frequently a burden for clubs in the Dhaka competitions because they are 40 kilometers from the metropolis. Surjo Tarun Club and Cricket Coaching School (CCS) were both dropped from the Dhaka Premier League after arriving late for their DPL matches at BKSP in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
Mohammedan Sporting Club and Kalabagan Krira Chakra both arrived late for a DPL match in 2018. By then, however, the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis, the BCB body in charge of the leagues, had included a clause in the tournament by-laws to prevent a similar situation from occurring again.
The clause authorizes the match referee to investigate the matter. According to CCDM officials, if a team informs the match referee of its reason for arriving late and the referee sees logic in it, the game can be started late.
