Bangladesh's Shakib booed by home fans on World Cup break
The Hindu
Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh captain, booed by fans as he left Dhaka stadium after training session. He returned home to work with mentor Nazmul Abedeen to settle batting issues. He scored only 56 runs in four innings in World Cup. Fans jeered him as he got into car, unprecedented in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was booed by fans Thursday as he left Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after a training session on a break from the Cricket World Cup back home.
Shakib returned home on Wednesday to work with his mentor Nazmul Abedeen to settle batting issues he felt during the ongoing World Cup in neighbouring India.
Video footage seen by AFP showed a group of people jeering Shakib.
The skipper has scored only 56 runs in the four innings he has batted in the tournament, including just one in the 149-run defeat against South Africa in Mumbai on Tuesday.
He had two sessions with Nazmul in successive days before he was expected to rejoin the squad in Kolkata ahead of Bangladesh's next match against the Netherlands.
"Some fans present in Mirpur started booing Shakib as he was getting into his car," said reporter Maidul Islam, who witnessed the event.
"It is unprecedented... I have not heard of anyone doing this to a cricketer in Bangladesh."
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