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‘Heart destroyed seeing two defeats yesterday’: Mashrafe
Former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team and Member of Parliament Mashrafe bin Mortaza expressed sadness on his social media handle following arson attacks on a Hindu village in Rangpur on Sunday night.
“We have seen two defeats yesterday,” Mashrafe said in his social media post pointing to the Bangladesh team’s defeat to Scotland in the T20 World Cup, and the incident of fire in Rangpur’s Pirganj.
“One was 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,” he added.
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Police have detained 42 people in connection with arson attacks on the homes of Hindu community members at Boro Karimpur Majhipara village in Pirganj upazila over a post on social media on Sunday night.
The attackers set fire to 20-25 houses and shops of Hindus at the village around 8pm on Sunday, said deputy commissioner of Rangpur Asif Hasan on Monday.
The attackers also looted cash, cattle and other valuables from the houses.
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Blames on batters; Tigers look for a turnaround
After suffering a six-run shock defeat to Scotland in their first match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad said the blame should go to batters who failed to score runs when they needed to. He also said the Tigers are looking forward to making a comeback.
Bangladesh needed to chase down a target of 141 in their first match. But they tumbled for 136 for seven in 20 overs and lost the match by six runs.
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Right before the World Cup begins, Bangladesh also lost two warm-up matches to Sri Lanka and Ireland.
“Our batting has been a big concern,” Mahmudullah said after the match. “We have to bat better. With Mohammad Saifuddin at number 9, we have a deep batting line. So we have to bat aggressively regardless of the situation of the match.”
In the powerplay, Bangladesh only scored 25 for two. Mahmudullah said it is the point where Bangladesh needd to work more. “We failed to bat well during the powerplay. We have to do well next time we take the field. We are a good T20 team. We can win games if we play our best cricket.”
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Bangladesh will take on the hosts Oman on October 19 in their second match of Round 1. Oman beat Papua New Guinea in their first match by 10 wickets.
In the last Round 1 match, Bangladesh will face Papua New Guinea on October 21.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to take on Scotland on opening day
Bangladesh will take on Scotland on the opening day of the T20 World Cup, beginning October 17 in Oman's capital Muscat, according to the schedule released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.
The opening match of the event, however, will be played between the co-hosts of the event Oman and Papua New Guinea at the same venue.
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Bangladesh will have to play Round 1 in Group B along with Scotland, Papua New Guinea and Oman. In the same round, Sri Lanka, Ireland, the Netherlands and Namibia will compete in Group A. Two teams from each group will advance to the Super 12s.
The Tigers will take on Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 19 and 21, respectively, in their second and third matches of Round 1.
If Bangladesh can finish Round 1 matches at the top of Group B, they will advance to Group 2 of Super 12s, where they will join India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan and runners-up of Group A in Round 1.
If Bangladesh finishes as runners-up of Group B in Round 1, they will join England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies and toppers of Group A in Round 1.
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“It’s a very important tournament for all teams and especially for our team. We are playing a few series before the T20 World Cup and if we can do well, get a bit of confidence, try to win those series before the World Cup starts, it will be a big boost for our team,” Bangladesh T20 captain Mahmudullah said.
“Our strength has been our all-rounders and our bowling department. Having said that, our batting is also very good and we have a good balance. We have five or six all-rounders, who can bat and bowl. Our fast bowlers are doing an incredible job at the moment. Our spinners are our strength as well. If they can put up their hand in a few matches, hopefully, we will have some good results,” Mahmudullah added.
Mahmudullah also said that Shakib Al Hasan has always been the number one player of the Bangladesh team, and Mushfqiur Rahim and Mustafizur Rahman are also valuable enough. Mahmudullah hopes that Nurul Hasan Sohan, Afif Hossain and Shamim Hossain also have the ability to do well, and all of them are keen to prove their mettle.
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Bangladesh are currently waiting for a five-match T20 series against New Zealand starting from September 1. The Blackcaps are scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh by August 24.
Before this series, Bangladesh took on Australia and won the five-match T20I series 4-1. It was Bangladesh’s first series win over Australia in any format of international cricket.
Croatia advances, beats Scotland 3-1
Croatia advanced to the round of 16 at the European Championship by beating Scotland 3-1.
Nikola Vlašić, Luka Modrić and Ivan Perišić all scored for the 2018 World Cup finalists.
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Scotland briefly equalized at 1-1 when midfielder Callum McGregor scored with a long-range shot in the 42nd minute.
Scotland finished last in Group D with one point from its three matches.
Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if
Scotland’s leader told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Sunday that a second Scottish independence referendum is “a matter of when, not if,” after her party won its fourth straight parliamentary election.
Johnson has invited the leaders of the U.K.’s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after the regional election results rolled in, saying the U.K. was “best served when we work together” and that the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should cooperate on plans to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
But Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, told Johnson in a call that while her immediate focus was on steering Scotland to recovery, a new referendum on Scotland’s breakup from the rest of the U.K. is inevitable.
Sturgeon reiterated “her intention to ensure that the people of Scotland can choose our own future when the crisis is over, and made clear that the question of a referendum is now a matter of when — not if,” her office said.
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Earlier, she said she wouldn’t rule out legislation paving the way for a vote at the start of next year.
Final results of Thursday’s local elections showed that the SNP won 64 of the 129 seats in the Edinburgh-based Scottish Parliament. Although it fell one seat short of securing an overall majority, the parliament still had a pro-independence majority with the help of eight members of the Scottish Greens.
Sturgeon said the election results proved that a second independence vote for Scotland was “the will of the country” and that any London politician who stood in the way would be “picking a fight with the democratic wishes of the Scottish people.”
Johnson has the ultimate authority whether or not to permit another referendum on Scotland gaining independence. He wrote in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph that another referendum on Scotland would be “irresponsible and reckless” as Britain emerges from the pandemic. He has consistently argued that the issue was settled in a 2014 referendum where 55% of Scottish voters favored remaining part of the U.K.
But proponents of another vote say the situation has changed fundamentally because of the U.K’s Brexit divorce from the European Union. They charge that Scotland was taken out of the EU against its will. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, 52% of U.K. voters backed leaving the EU, but 62% of Scots voted to remain.
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When asked about the prospect of Johnson agreeing to a second Scottish referendum, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said Sunday “it’s not an issue for the moment” and stressed that the national priority is on recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Gove argued that the SNP’s failure to secure a majority in the Scottish Parliament was in marked contrast to the party’s heights of power in 2011, when it won a 69-seat majority.
“It is not the case now — as we see — that the people of Scotland are agitating for a referendum,” he told the BBC.
The Scotland results have been the main focus of Thursday’s local elections across Britain. In Wales, the opposition Labour Party did better than expected, extending its 22 years at the helm of the Welsh government despite falling one seat short of a majority.
Labour’s support also held up in some big cities. In London, Mayor Sadiq Khan handily won a second term. Other winning Labour mayoral candidates included Steve Rotherham in the Liverpool City Region, Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester and Dan Norris in the West of England region, which includes Bristol.
U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh to face South Africa in quarter-finals
Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team to face their South African counterparts in the quarter-finals of the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup in South Africa on Thursday.
U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh earn 2nd victory beating Scotland
Bangladesh registered their 2nd consecutive victory in the ongoing ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa beating Scotland by seven wickets with 200 balls to spare on Tuesday featuring the first hat-trick of the event by left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan.