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ICC Champions Trophy: Bangladesh fan disrespects Indian flag
This is not the first time though when Bangladeshi fans have disrespected India.
Mumbai: The rivalry between India and Bangladesh on the field has been gaining prominence. Their recent meeting in an ICC tournament was in the ICC World T20 last year, when India won a thrilling game.
Social media went abuzz before their encounter last year, with a photo of MS Dhoni's head being held by Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed.
Well, this time, something similar is back. This time, it is about Bangladesh fan draping the nation's flag over India's flag, and it is already doing the rounds in the internet.
So much so that, at times, the passion seems to have gone a bit overboard. As India gear up to take on Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy semifinals, a photo has gone viral disrespecting the Indian flag.
Bangladesh cricket team is known by the nickname of ‘The Tigers’. In fact, their official Facebook page goes by the name of ‘Bangladesh Cricket: The Tigers’.
However, a certain fan has taken ‘The Tiger’ analogy too far and shown utter disregard to the Indian tri-colour wrapping it around a dog in a photo posted on social media. The literal translat ation of what's written with the image is: “It is going to be a great match.”
Photo: Screengrab
This is not the first time though when Bangladeshi fans have disrespected India. After a rookie Mustafizur Rahman, with his off-cutters, ran through the Indian batting line-up during the three-match ODI series in June 2015, a newspaper in Bangladesh produced a “fake” cutter advertisement.
The ad showed seven Indian cricketers – MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – with half-shaved heads with Mustafizur shown endorsing cutter. The ad, which targeted Indian cricketers read: 'We have used it. You can use it too'.
Photo: Facebook
The criticism towards the Indian team did not stop there. As India and Bangladesh were about to square off in an Asia Cup final last year, a photo of Taskin Ahmed holding MS Dhoni’s head went viral.
Photo: Twitter
Dhoni though had the last laugh as India beat Bangladesh in the final.
