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Senior Bangladesh women's cricketer Jahanara Alam has levelled shocking allegations on their cricketing system after the recent 50-over World Cup. The 32-year-old has claimed that current skipper Nigar Sultana 'beats up the juniors', suggesting that players didn't want to turn up to play for the side.The Khulna-born cricketer was not picked for the 2025 Women's World Cup. Having played 52 ODIs and 83 T20Is, Alam has collectively picked up 108 wickets. But she hasn't donned the national colours since December 2024, when Bangladesh faced Ireland in a three-game T20I series.When asked about the captain's rude behaviour with the juniors coming into focus, Alam said while speaking to Kaler Kantho, a Bangladesh-based newspaper (translated from Google):"This is nothing new. Jyoti (current national team captain Nigar Sultana) beats up the juniors a lot. Even during this World Cup, the juniors told me, 'No, I won't do this again. Then I'll have to get slapped again.' I heard from some people, 'I got beaten up yesterday.' Even during the Dubai tour, she called a junior into the room and slapped her."The former skipper is unlikely to be selected for the national side again, having now settled in Sydney, Australia."Everyone in the Bangladesh team is more or less a victim" - Jahanara AlamJahanara Alam. (Image Credits: Getty)Alam went on to claim that the selectors played politics to phase out seniors from the team in 2021, saying:"Actually, I am not alone, everyone in the Bangladesh team is more or less a victim. Everyone's suffering is different. Here, one or two people get advanced facilities and in some cases, only one person gets them. In 2021, the process of eliminating seniors like me along with a few others from the post-Corona camp began. Then I was made the captain of one of the three teams in the Bangladesh Games. The captains of the other two teams were Jyoti (Nigar Sultana) and Sharmin Sultana. The pressure on seniors started from then on."The national women's team finished seventh in the 2025 Women's World Cup. Their only win of the tournament came against Pakistan. While one of the matches ended in a no-result, Sultana and Co. suffered a massive collapse to lose by seven runs while chasing 203 against Sri Lanka, despite being 176/3 at one stage.
