Bangladesh Cricket Fans Not Impressed With Pakistan Flag Being Planted At The Training Ground

Mumbai: Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq on Tuesday asserted that he would continue the trend of taking the national flag to the training ground in order to boost the morale of the squad.

In the images shared by PCB Media’s official Twitter handle, the Pakistan flag can be seen planted at the ground as the entire squad began training ahead of the series against Bangladesh.

Saqlain had started this trend in the recently-concluded T20 World Cup and will continue the same routine in the three-match T201 series against Bangladesh starting November 26.

However, Bangladesh fans are not impressed with the Pakistan flag being planted at the training ground and many of them expressed their displeasure on Twitter.

“Go back Pakistan. Bangladesh should stop the series. Ban any kind of Pakistani flag in Bangladesh, tweeted one fan.

Another Twitter user commented; “Different countries have come to #Bangladesh innumerable times, many matches have been played by practising. But neither party needed to practice burying their national flag on the ground. But why did #Pakistan do that… What does it indicate.”

National selectors on Monday had announced the Pakistan 20-player squad for the two Tests against Bangladesh with Opener Imam-Ul-Haq, middle-order batter Kamran Ghulam and off-spinner Bilal Asif replacing Haris Rauf, Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Yasir Shah, who were part of the 21-player side that toured the West Indies in July/August.

Left-handed Imam has been recalled following his stellar performances in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in which he has aggregated 488 runs in five innings of four matches, including an unbeaten double-century.

Pakistan and Bangladesh will lock horns on November 26 in Chittagong, Bangladesh and Dhaka on December 4.

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