Bangladesh all-rounder and skipper Shakib Al Hasan, was booed by the crowd at the R Premadasa stadium in Sri Lanka on Sunday after his team suffered a heart-breaking four-wicket loss against India on Sunday. While chasing 167 , India was rescued by a magnificent cameo of 29 runs from eight balls from Dinesh Karthik. The Indian wicket keeper struck 22 runs in the 19th over bowled by Rubel Hossain and sealed the match with a last-ball six to spark off celebrations in the Indian camp.
Speaking in the post-match press conference, Shakib said that “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,” the Bangladesh skipper said.
During the interval, many Sri Lankan fans were seen doing the Nagin dance (Snake dance) in an apparent attempt to mock the Bangladesh team. The crowd support for the final was stacked heavily in favor of India while the local Sri Lankan media, along with the country’s social media criticized the behavior of the Bangladesh team in the game against Sri Lanka.
The bad blood of the Sri Lankan crowd at the R Premadasa stadium against the Bangladesh cricket team started after the end of the last league game between the two sides.
