Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza playing cricket with locals in Kashmir

The ODI and T20 Captain is currently on a holiday with his family and was seen in Sonamarg, playing cricket with locals.

Bangladesh T20 and ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza, surprised locals of  Ganderbal village in Kashmir when he turned out to play cricket with them. Mashrafe who is currently on a holiday with his family after playing in the T20 World Cup 2016 in India, delighted his fans after he saw them playing at Sonamarg. The cricketer then not only played cricket with the people there, he also answered a few questions and got clicked in a few selfies. The gesture certainly made the locals happy and they enjoyed his presence too. Mortaza was seen wrapped around in his blue jacket and a monkey cap as well. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, Live Score, 3rd T20 Match, IPL 2016

#Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is in Sonamarg.

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Bangladesh played some good cricket in the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2016 to progress to the Super 10 stage. They beat teams like Netherlands and Oman in the earlier stages of the tournament that took place in India. Although, they couldn’t win a single match in the Super 10 stage. They lost to Pakistan by 55 runs. Then they lost to Australia by 3 wickets. They came close to beating the hosts, India but eventually lost to them by 1-run in a thriller of a game. In their final game they were completely out-beaten by a top-class New Zealand side.

Mortaza had blamed the ICC’s suspension of Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny his side’s exit from the T20 World Cup. Both the bowlers were banned for illegal bowling actions. “In the last eight matches, Taskin’s economy rate was the best in the world. So it was always difficult to lose him,” Mortaza had said at after returning home.

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