Staff Reporter: Expatriate Bangladeshis expressed their anger at the Bangladesh eleventh team for losing by 4 runs to South Africa in the T20 World Cup held at the Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York. After the game on Monday (June 10), the expatriates started abusing Sakib Al Hasan before leaving the Nassau County Stadium. Expatriates are blaming Sakib Al Hasan for South Africa’s loss to Bangladesh.
Several expatriate Bangladeshis in New York responded after the game that Sakib Al Hasan was inattentive and indifferent in the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh match held in Dallas last Friday (June 7). As if his mind was not in the game. Because the next day, Saturday (June 8), was at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, to raise funds for his alleged cancer hospital. He can’t concentrate on the game to make the event worthwhile.
Bangladesh lost by 4 runs to South Africa in T20 World Cup at Nassau County Stadium on Monday (June 10). Batting at the beginning, the Proteas scored 113 runs, losing 6 wickets. Bangladesh lost 7 wickets to chase that run and could not score more than 109 runs. 7 runs were needed from 2 balls. Mahmudullah loudly said no to the king. The ball goes up, caught by Markram on the boundary line. Mahmudullah stood with his hands on his head. As if I couldn’t believe it. 6 needed off the last ball, Taskin couldn’t score more than 1 run. Earlier, Zaker Ali got out while batting in the same over.
Bangladesh beat Sakib Al Hasan by 5 runs. The pacer took a catch at mid-wicket while flying a short ball from Narkey. An over later Shanto also followed suit. Sakib scored 3, 14 runs came from Shantar’s bat. In the fifth wicket, Bangladesh got resistance with the bat of Tawheed Hriday and Mahmudullah. They made a pair of 44 runs. It seemed that Bangladesh would easily reach the target with their bat. All in all, Sakib Al Hasan did not play well. Expatriates cannot accept Sakib’s dismissal with just 5 runs.
Sakib drew widespread criticism for holding a fundraiser for his cancer hospital at St John’s University on Saturday (June 8) night, which brought together expatriate human traffickers, hundi traders and people involved in anti-social activities.
Reacting to the 4-run loss to South Africa, expatriate Waheduzzaman said, “Let’s go for another fundraising.”
Expat Shakhawat Biswas said, Thief Butpar’s money-loving Sakib does not love the country, he loves money. He called Sakib a stupid and said that everyone knows that he came to USA and instead of practicing the game, he is extorting dishonest people of the society in the name of raising funds for cancer hospital.
It is known that after coming to New York, Sakib-Shanto has become busy with barbecue parties, picnics and fundraising. They had no thought about practice or playing against Sri Lanka. Sakib Al Hasan and Shantar’s team have been busy having a feast at their home with tigers from the country and eating barbecued chicken of the so-called Bangladeshi community leaders living in New York. Last Sunday (June 2), he hosted a barbecue for Bangladeshi expatriate so-called community leaders at his home in Nassau County, New York, to raise funds for his cancer hospital from expatriates. Sakib Al Hasan has also been criticized for this.
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