The battle lines are drawn as India and Bangladesh look to face off in the Champions Trophy semifinal on June 15.
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But even before the match, the dirty underhand tactics of the Bangladesh cricket fans have come to the fore.
A recent post from a fan is a clear insult to the Indian national flag. It shows a tiger draped in the Bangladesh flag pouncing on a dog draped in Indian colours. This is clearly crossing the line
The battle lines are drawn as India and Bangladesh look to face off in the
Champions Trophy semifinal on June 15.
AFP
But even before the match, the dirty underhand tactics of the Bangladesh cricket
fans have come to the fore.
A recent post from a fan is a clear insult to the Indian national flag. It shows a
tiger draped in the Bangladesh flag pouncing on a dog draped in Indian colours.
This is clearly crossing the line
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It hardly comes as a surprise though, last time they did something like this was during
the Asia Cup last year. This one featured Taskin Ahmed holding M.S. Dhoni’s severed
head, which naturally did not go down well with Indian fans. In a nice little twist or
irony, it was Dhoni’s innings that ensured Bangladesh would lose the final.
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Earlier in 2015, they pulled off another one. A Bangladeshi newspaper ran an ad that
featured Mustafizur Rahman holding a razor, standing behind Indian batsmen with
half their heads shaved.
However, photoshopping an image is one thing, performing on the field is entirely
another. Virat Kohli and his boys won't take this insult lightly and are expected come
out guns blazing against Mashrafe Mortaza's men. At stake is a place in the final and
the Indians won't give an inch to their underdog neighbours. Make no mistake, India
will make them pay out there in the middle.
India and Bangladesh have never played in the Champions Trophy before. But in six
ICC encounters, India have won 5. Bangladesh's only win came in the 2007 World Cup.
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