Bangladesh gamers have rallied spherical teammate Shakib Al Hasan, the ousted lawmaker who faces a case of alleged homicide related to unrest that toppled the federal government earlier this month. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto stated his crew’s maiden Check win towards Pakistan on Sunday, by which all-rounder Shakib took three second-innings wickets, was a tribute to the tons of killed throughout protests that compelled former premier Sheikh Hasina from energy. Bangladesh endured weeks of student-led protests that resulted in Hasina fleeing to India by helicopter on August 5, ending 15 years of autocratic rule.
Shakib, 37, who misplaced his job as a lawmaker for Hasina’s Awami League social gathering when parliament was dissolved, is “an enormous asset of our nation,” stated Shanto in a publish on Fb late Monday.
“He is been elevating the identify of Bangladesh on the earth for 17 lengthy years,” Shanto stated.
Rafiqul Islam, the daddy of one of many tons of killed through the civil unrest, filed a homicide case towards Shakib and 155 others in Dhaka on Thursday.
Hasina’s authorities was accused of widespread abuses, together with the mass detention and extrajudicial killing of political opponents.
Hasina, former ministers and different ex-lawmakers are amongst these additionally accused.
Shakib has not spoken publicly concerning the case, however his teammates stated they had been providing him help.
“Such a case towards Shakib bhai (brother) is surprising,” Shanto added.
“Within the new Bangladesh, all of us wish to see one thing new. I hope all of the darkness will move off and new mild will come.”
Veteran batsman Mushfiqur Rahim stated on Fb: “I’ve stated it many instances earlier than, and I’ll say it once more, I’m proud to play alongside a champion like Shakib.
“As a teammate and a brother, I will probably be there throughout his powerful instances, and I don’t help the false allegations made towards him as a result of I do know he would by no means interact in inhumane actions.”
Bangladesh achieved their first victory over Pakistan in 14 Exams with a thumping 10-wicket win on Sunday after each groups struggled in sizzling circumstances on a flat Rawalpindi pitch.
The second and remaining Check will even be performed in Rawalpindi from Friday.
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