Mustafizur Rahman posts cryptic tweet before leaving for Pakistan

 

Bangladesh cricket team is finally heading to Pakistan to start the first leg of their series against the Men In Green and they are ready to beat them in their own backyard. Playing in Pakistan has not been easy for the teams, especially after what happened to the Sri Lankan team in 2009.

The Sri Lankan side was fired upon by 12 gunmen near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in which six policemen and two civilians were killed. Right-arm off-spinner Thilan Samaraweera was injured during the attack after which every country refused to play in Pakistan. For more than 10 years, there was no international cricket played in the region. Last year. Sri Lanka visited Pakistan again to played a two-match Test series against Pakistan and started a new era in Pakistan cricket.

Following the footsteps of the Islanders, Bangladesh is also going to play a T20 International series in Lahore and will be hoping to get some really good security till the time they are in that region. But before leaving for Pakistan, a cryptic tweet from Mustafizur Rahman is creating a lot of stir on social media.

Rahman, who is a part of the squad leaving for the series, tweeted a photo from the airport saying that he is traveling to Pakistan and then asked his followers to remember the whole team in their prayers.

Alongside the picture, he wrote, “Heading to Pakistan. Remember us in your prayers #PAKvBAN.”

Heading to Pakistan. Remember us in your prayers. #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/7l85XfFUWM

— Mustafizur Rahman (@Mustafiz90) January 22, 2020

It should be noted that some of the players and members of supporting staff are not going for the tour. Mushfiqur Rahim is one of the players who are not with the team right now.

On the other hand, veteran Tamim Iqbal is making a comeback into the team for the series while Rubel Hossain has been included for the T20I series. Hossain, if included in the playing XI, will be playing his first T20 International game since 2018. He played his last game against West Indies in August 2018 in Florida.

The first game will be played on January 24 while the second and third games will be held on January 25 and 27 respectively.

Bangladesh Squad: Mahmudullah (c), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Moammad Naim, Najmul Hossain, Litton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, and Hasan Mahmud.