Shakib Al Hasan Booed by Sri Lankan fans post Nidahas Trophy Final

Bangladesh skipper, Shakib Al Hasan was booed by the Sri Lankan fans following their four wickets loss in the Nidahas Trophy final. The Tigers suffered a heartbreaking loss as India’s Dinesh Karthik smashed a last-ball six to win the game.

In reply to Bangladesh 167, Karthik’s late night cameo of 29 runs from 8 balls sealed the game for the men in blues. He smashed 22 runs in the penultimate over bowled by Rubel Hossain and won the match with a last-ball six.

Did not expect any crowd support:

Speaking at the post-match conference, Shakib mentioned that hey did not expect any crowd support. He also added that playing good cricket was important for them.

“We don’t expect away crowds to support us. We were not focusing on that. It would have been nice if they had supported us, but these things can happen. We were not worried about who was supporting whom. It was important for us to play some good cricket on the field,” Shakib said.

Meanwhile, some Sri Lankan fans did Nagin dance in an attempt to mock the Bangladesh team. Post the incident in the last group match, the crowd support went towards India along with Lankan media and social media.

The animosity of the Sri Lankan crowd against Bangladesh players started after the end of the last league game. The drama unfolded in the last over when Mustafizur Rahman got out. Post the dismissal, a couple of Bangladesh substitutes got into a verbal fight with Thisara Perera. Apparently, the square leg umpire stretched his arm to signal a no-ball, but eventually, they deemed it as a legal delivery once Mustafizur got run out.

This raised temperatures in the Bangladesh dressing room and thus, Shakib fumed at the umpires before asking his batsmen to walk back to the dressing room.

The International Cricket Council on Saturday fined both Shakib and Nurul 25 percent of their match incomes. They also handed them one demerit point each for their part in the brawl.

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