Sathira Zakir JC is a familiar name to those who keep track of cricket in the country. Early member of women's cricket in the country, captained.
After that, leaving the cricket coaching career aside, he took up umpiring. Where this former women cricketer made history. He has taken himself to another height in the domestic and international arena by proving his competence in umpiring. He has brought fame to the country's cricket by joining the ICC umpiring panel.
Jessie, who is becoming an asset to the country, is on the way to becoming a brand for women's cricket in international cricket, and the country's cricket is in controversy around her. When the whole country is abuzz with the news of two teams objecting to him in the match between Mohammedan and Prime Bank in the Premier League, everyone is looking for the real incident.
However, although BCB has not completely denied the incident, no official statement has yet come from the two teams who are involved in the incident. Neither team has made a formal complaint to the BCB about JC.
On that day, Jesse told the media that he got full support from the cricketers in his debut in DPL.
On the other hand, Mohammedan's cricket coordinator Tariqul Islam Titu told the media after the match that they did not object, but they expected a more experienced umpire in such a big match.
Prime Bank Cricket Club clarified their position regarding the incident to RTV. The manager of the team said that they did not raise any objection about Jesse.
Shikder Konkan, manager of Prime Bank Cricket Club, said, "We have not asked any question about women umpires." It wasn't really our plan; we didn't say The new umpire will come, will do. can make mistakes We did not say anything in the umpire's report. This news has been spread by mistake.
Managing domestic league matches in Bangladesh is a difficult task. This reality of lack of trust in umpires is quite old. At the present time, the experienced like Umpire Saikat or International Umpire Mukul of the ICC Elite Panel also had to fall into an irony at the beginning. Clubs always want umpires with domestic league experience in such high-voltage matches.
Shikder Konkan added, we want normality in big matches; Those who are the best umpires should do it. We have not made any written complaint.
Jesse's statement could not be taken due to international engagement. However, in an interview given to several media after the incident, he said that he received good support from the team's cricketers, especially Mushfiq, Riyadh.
