Leaving behind Friday's scary experience in Christchurch, the Bangladesh cricketers were relieved to be boarding the flight back home,
A late change in lunch timing, Mahmudullah’s press conference and an early warning from a woman combined to help Bangladesh cricketers avoid a shooting incident in a Christchurch mosque on Friday. (READ: Canterbury forgo chance to win Plunket Shield) Mominul Haque recounted the horrible experience Bangladesh cricketers underwent as they arrived at Masjid al Noor...
Team manager Khaled Mashud said the 17 players and support staff were safe, but said they could easily have been caught up in the shooting.
The Bangladesh team bus was barely metres away from the scene of the carnage when the players first heard gunshots.
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After escaping a deadly shooting in a mosque in Christchurch, Bangladesh cricketers are reportedly not in a mental frame to play the third Test.
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