Blockchain Time in Bangladesh Cricket Journalism: Why a Digital Ledger Is Not Just a New Fad

Sitting at a tea stall in Rajshahi, I have long been writing about where cricket statistics and cricket emotion meet. Today, that place has arrived at blockchain. I cannot imagine that a scoreboard, a World Cup final moment, or a tournament record needs another technology to preserve it. But when we talk about the future of Bangladesh cricket journalism, a new question arises in front of us — why cannot our news, our records, our history be preserved in a decentralized ledger?\n\nI started covering matches for Prothom Alo in 2026. At that time, writing a match report meant looking at the scoreboard, taking notes, and then writing a story from those notes. A match's statistics were written on paper, sometimes got lost, sometimes went wrong. Today we are in the digital age, but that problem has not decreased. If a record is wrong, no one can correct it. If a news disappears, it does not come back.\n\nBlockchain technology can be useful here. It is a decentralized ledger that stores information. Once information is written, it is difficult to change. This feature can be useful in preserving cricket statistics. For example, a match's bowling statistics, a tournament's record, a player's career statistics — if these are preserved on a blockchain, they will be safe. And in news writing, when a news was published, who wrote it, what information was used — this information can also be preserved on a blockchain.\n\nSitting in Rajshahi, I often think, how safe is our cricket history? Bangladesh cricket's first Test match, first World Cup, first captain — we do not have enough information about these events. Much information has been lost, much information has gone wrong. Blockchain technology can solve this problem. If information is stored on a decentralized ledger, it will be safe, and no one can delete it.\n\nBut one thing has to be considered here. Blockchain technology is new, and it is not yet fully established. Using it requires technical knowledge. And to create a decentralized ledger, a team is needed who can do this work. In our cricket news field, using such technology requires a coordinated effort.\n\nI am a poet, and I write cricket stories. I think, a match's statistics are not just numbers, it is a story. A bowler's over, a batsman's run, a fielder's catch — these are part of a story. To preserve these stories, a safe medium is needed. Blockchain technology can be useful for this work.\n\nSitting in Rajshahi, I see a new possibility. If blockchain technology is used in Bangladesh cricket journalism, our history will be preserved. Our records will be safe. Our news will be transparent. But to realize this possibility, a coordinated effort is needed. I am optimistic about the future of our cricket journalism, but at the same time realistic.\n\nSitting in Rajshahi, I ask a question — will our cricket history really be preserved? Blockchain technology can answer this question. But to get this answer, we have to make a coordinated effort. I am a poet, and I write cricket stories. I hope our cricket stories will be safe.