Sarwar Imran returns to work after suffering a stroke days ago having attended team training on Wednesday and the win on Thursday.
Despite having a stroke on Monday, Bangladesh women’s coach Sarwar Imran was present at the team’s first World Cup play against Pakistan on Thursday. The Bangladeshi team has made a point of emphasising that the stroke was “minor”.
The day following the stroke, on Tuesday, Imran, who was sixty-six, was released from the hospital. He spent the entirety of Bangladesh’s seven-wicket victory over Pakistan after attending team training on Wednesday. Instead of spending the most of the game in the dugout at the field’s edge, he was in the dressing room.
Team manager SM Golam Faiyaz told that Imran had returned so quickly following the stroke to better support the players. “He didn’t want the players to be discouraged,” Faiyaz said. “The doctor has said to keep an eye on him, and we are doing all that. But he’s feeling better.”
After winning in Colombo, the World Cup’s southernmost location, Bangladesh will take a charter jet on Friday morning to Guwahati, the tournament’s northernmost location. It is anticipated that Imran will accompany the team on that trip. On Tuesday, they play England in their next game.