WATCH: Bangladeshi players remove trash from ground after winning U-19 Cricket World Cup

Dixit Bhargav | 10/02/2020
WATCH: Bangladeshi players remove trash from ground after winning U-19 Cricket World Cup

Bangladeshi players remove trash: The World Cup winners were seen cleaning the ground during their victory lap last night.

Despite winning their maiden World Cup across formats, Bangladeshi U-19 players came under the scanner due to their on-field brawl with Indian players.

A match which witnessed tempers boiling from the word go ended up on a similar and unfortunate note as players were involved in a heated altercation just as the Bangladeshi players rushed into the ground after winning the match.

Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali, who hit the winning runs to seal a historic chase, admitted that whatever happened between the players of the two teams shouldn’t have happened and even ended up apologizing for his team.

“What happened, it should not [have] happened. I don’t know what exactly happened. I didn’t ask what was going on. But, you know, in the final, emotion can come out, and sometimes the boys were getting pumped, and emotions were coming through. As a youngster, it shouldn’t happen.

“In any position, in any manner, we have to show the respect to the opponent, we should have respect for the game. Cricket is known for being a gentleman’s game. So I’ll say, I’ll be sorry for my team,” Ali was quoted as saying after the match.

After being criticized for their actions, Bangladeshi players were applauded for removing trash from the ground during their victory lap with the World Cup. A video posted on the official handle of the Cricket World Cup sees the champion side removing plastic bottles and other garbage from the ground.

Bangladeshi players remove trash

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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