Players of Bangladesh cricket team during a practice session at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday — BCB A floodlight in the eastern gallery of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city caught fire, leaving national team's practice session halted for two minutes, reports BSS.
No accident, however, occurred due to the incident. The players moved away from that side of the ground following the incident.
According to BCB Ground Committee manager Abdul Baten, the fire resulted from an electric short circuit. "Floodlight of the eastern gallery caught fire due to short circuit. No accident occurred. We are working on fixing the problems. The floodlight does not require to be changed," he told the reporters in the city on Monday. The floodlights were turned on due to on Monday's overcast condition.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Nazmul Hossain Shanto were batting in a match scenario practice session while the floodlight caught fire.
Due to the rain, the closed door practice started a little later than the scheduled time. After the warm-up, the cricketers started match scenario practice.
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