Bangladesh’s skipper Shakib Al Hasan bowls through the match in opposition to South Africa within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on October 24.
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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was booed by fans Thursday as he left Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after a coaching session on a break from the Cricket World Cup again home.
Shakib returned home on Wednesday to work along with his mentor Nazmul Abedeen to settle batting points he felt through the ongoing World Cup in neighbouring India.
Video footage seen by AFP confirmed a bunch of individuals jeering Shakib.
The skipper has scored solely 56 runs within the 4 innings he has batted within the event, together with only one within the 149-run defeat in opposition to South Africa in Mumbai on Tuesday.
He had two periods with Nazmul in successive days earlier than he was anticipated to rejoin the squad in Kolkata forward of Bangladesh’s subsequent match in opposition to the Netherlands.
“Some fans present in Mirpur started booing Shakib as he was getting into his car,” mentioned reporter Maidul Islam, who witnessed the occasion.
“It is unprecedented… I have not heard of anyone doing this to a cricketer in Bangladesh.”
Bangladesh have received simply one among their 5 matches they performed to date.
They have been on the backside of the desk after the defeat in opposition to South Africa, the aspect’s second greatest ever defeat in a World Cup match.
The defeat took them to the underside of the desk earlier than Australia’s thrashing of the Netherlands and England’s defeat to Sri Lanka within the subsequent two matches improved their place.
Shakib was on the peak of his kind within the earlier World Cup in England in 2019, when he made 606 runs and claimed 11 wickets.
