Mashrafe Mortaza on Monday reacted to the communal violence taking place in his country and called it the ‘two defeats’ in reference to their losing start to the ICC T20 World Cup tournament taking place in Dubai.
Scotland stunned fancied Bangladesh by six runs after Chris Greaves’ magnificent all-around display for a dream start in the ICC T20 World Cup on an eventful Sunday night in Al Amerat. Chris Greaves led a brilliant lower-order fightback with a 28-ball 45 as Scotland recovered from a hopeless situation to post 140 for nine in their first-round Group B opener of the T20 showpiece.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza: Bangladesh Saw Two Defeats Including The Communal Violence Which Destroyed Heart
Meanwhile, communal violence rocked Bangladesh after an alleged blasphemy incident at a Durga Puja pavilion in Cumilla, bordering Chandpur and about 100 km from Dhaka, leading to the deployment of paramilitary forces in more than half of administrative districts.
Several incidents of attacks on places of worship of minority communities by unidentified Muslim men were reported from across the country. Several houses of Hindus in Bangladesh were also set on fire late on Sunday in a village in Rangpur district’s Pirgonj Upazila, about 255 km from Dhaka, as per reports.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who is also a Member of Parliament, posted a picture of the burning village in Pirganj, Rangpur, and wrote, “We have seen two defeats yesterday [Sunday]. One was the Bangladesh team’s defeat, which has hurt me. And, another defeat belongs to the whole of Bangladesh, which has destroyed my heart.”
“We never wanted this version of Bangladesh. Many dreams and many stories of fights of lives have finished in a blink of an eye. May Allah show us the right way,” said Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
The attacks began last Friday and have claimed at least five lives while leaving several injured. Bangladesh’s former captain, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has reacted to the ongoing violence against minorities in his home country.
There has been a series of attacks on the Hindu community of Bangladesh. This series of violence against Hindus, who are in minority in Bangladesh, started after a supposed besmirching of the Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Cumilla district last week.
Chris Greaves Does Well With Both Bat And Ball As Scotland Shocks Bangladesh
Choked by spin and reduced to 53 for 6, Scotland found a hero in Chris Greaves, who led a thrilling counter-attack with a 28-ball 45 to push the total to 140 and then returned with the ball to prize out the crucial wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan to pave the pay for a memorable victory.
Chris Greaves had played a solitary T20I heading into this first game of the T20 World Cup but he belied that inexperience with a thrilling counter-attack.
Brief scores: Scotland 140/9 in 20 overs (Chris Greaves 45, George Munsey 29; Mahedi Hasan 3-19, Shakib Al Hasan 2-17) beat Bangladesh 134/7 in 20 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 38; Bradley Wheal 3-24, Chris Greaves 2-19) by 6 runs.