Bangladesh, the once favourite whipping boys of international cricket, recently beat their giant neighbours India 2-1 in a One-Day International (ODI) series and prior to that Pakistan in an ODI and Twenty20 International (T20I) series. Their joys saw no bound as they kept taking nasty digs at India. Weeks later they continue to do the same. [Bangladesh should know that the one difference in alphabet between “crass” and “class” is huge]
T20 games are usually played to attract crowd. The game’s shortest format is usually played under the lights but surprisingly their recently concluded T20I series against South Africa was played in afternoon and what was more baffling was the second T20I was on a weekday. Bangladesh, who hosted the previous ICC World T20 Championship, aren’t short of floodlights, but the poverty-stricken nation import 500 megawatts of electricity a day from India. Though India is true to its commitment, Bangladesh media and conspiracy theorists from the nation are blaming India for breaching the rules.
The writer spoke to the editor of Prothom Bhalo, Bijoy Alam Choudhary, who said, “India cut the power supply therefore the floodlights can’t come in effect at night, so the board had to schedule day games.”
Rajib Roy, an Indian worker in the electricity board who works on the transmission lines near the borders in Behrampur cleared the confusion.
“They may blame us, but the fact is that the people working at their substations have gone absconding for some days,” said Roy. On inquiry, the writer found out that those workers applied for Indian Aadhar Card and Ration cards were granted the same and are now happily settled in India along with their few million other countrymen.
More power to Bangladeshis. Pun intended?
Please note this is a humour article — work of pure fiction
(Suvajit Mustafi consumes cricket for lunch, fiction for dinner and munches numerous other snacks throughout the day. Yes, a jack of several trades, all Suvajit dreamt of was being India’s World Cup winning skipper but ended up being a sports writer, author, screenwriter, director, copywriter, graphic designer, sportsmarketer , strategist, entrepreneur, philosopher and traveller. Donning so many hats, it’s cricket which gives him the ultimate high and where he finds solace. He can be followed at @RibsGully and rivu7)
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