ICC unveils logo for World T20 2014 Bangladesh

Inspiration & Revelation of ICC World Twenty20 2014 Logo

The logo inspired by unique painted rickshaws pack the streets of Bangladesh for ICC World Twenty20 2014 was revealed by International Cricket Council (ICC) vice-president A H M Mustafa Kamal and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan in the presence of various other stars last night in Dhaka. It was a sparkling event which was shown live on television in Bangladesh. The logo for ICC World Twenty20 was launched exactly one year ahead of the tournament finals. ICC World T20 event will be held from 16 March to 6 April 2014 . It will be hosted by four cities namely Mirpur, Chittagong, Sylhet and Cox's Bazar. For the first time 16 men's teams and 8 women's teams will participate. Bangladesh will feature its women's team for the first time.

ICC World Twenty20 2014

The spectacular night featured Bangladeshi artists Lubna Marium and her team Shadhona, singers Habib and Nancy, magician Jewel Aich as well as sand artist Kaushik Bose performing in front of a packed audience of more than 500 specially invited guests which fascinated the audience. Former Bangladesh cricket star and now renowned commentator, Athar Ali Khan compeered the show with Farah Sharmeen. The important part of the show was the unveiling of the event logo which uses the colours of the Bangladesh flag with splashes of blue that represents Bangladesh's iconic waterways. It is also one of ICC's own colour.

Design of World T20 2014 Logo

The 'T' is made up of cricket stumps and the '0' in the T20 represents the cricket ball complete with  green Bangladeshi seam while the white colour in the design lends an energetic, friendly and youthful feel to the logo. The logo is designed in Australia by a design company, Witekit, who also designed the the ICC Cricket World Cup logo in 2011, the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Sri Lanka mark and the distinctive logo for the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 India.

Statements of Celebs on night of Disclosure of ICC World Twenty20 2014 Logo night

ICC Vice President Kamal said:

"The evening captured the sounds and colours of this beautiful country with a distinctively Bangladeshi logo and memorable launch event. I know that the BCB will work tirelessly in the next 12 months to ensure they help deliver a tournament that ICC, BCB, world cricket and the people of Bangladesh can be proud to be associated with.We have now less than 12 months to go to the start of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 and in that time I am certain that the excitement will build to fever pitch and the demand for tickets will outstrip even that of the wonderfully successful ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in which Bangladesh was a joint host with India and Sri Lanka,"

Of the two stadia, BCB President Hassan said,

"As far as I know, the Cox's Stadium will be handed over to the BCB. We can start work next week if we receive a letter in this regard on Sunday. We will begin work on the wicket and ground as soon as possible. There is not much left to do in the Sylhet venue. The floodlights and the dressing-room are there to be completed. It is stalled due to bureaucracy, so if it is delayed we will build it using BCB's finances."

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