Coach Imran Hospitalised But Now Stable
Bangladesh women’s head coach Sarwar Imran suffered a minor stroke in Colombo just days before the team’s World Cup 2025 opener against Pakistan. The incident occurred on Monday, leaving the 66-year-old coach feeling unwell.
Team manager SM Golam Faiyaz confirmed the news, assuring that Imran’s condition is now stable.
“(𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓) 𝑰𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑾𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆,” 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒛 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅.
Imran Released, Keen to Rejoin Training
Imran was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is currently recuperating at the team hotel. Despite medical advice, he expressed eagerness to return to the field.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒛. “𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 (𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚).”
Imran, who took charge of the women’s team earlier this year after Hashan Tillakaratne’s exit, has a long coaching history with Bangladesh cricket. He famously guided the men’s side during their inaugural Test match in 2000.
Bangladesh Ready for Pakistan Clash
The Bangladesh women’s team will kick off their World Cup campaign on Thursday against Pakistan in Colombo. This will be their second appearance at the tournament, after debuting in 2022 and narrowly qualifying for this year’s edition.
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