Afghanistan to host Bangladesh for 3 T20Is in India

[Reddy]

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan will host Bangladesh for three T20 Internationals in Dehradun prior to the strife-torn nation's historic one-off Test against India.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in hill town will host the three day-night fixtures, scheduled for June 3, 5 and 7, before Afghanistan take on India in their inaugural Test match, starting in Bengaluru on June 14.

Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman Atif Mashal said: "ACB is delighted to host Bangladesh for the T20I series in Dehradun in early June which will be a good opportunity for both sides to play competitive cricket.

"Similarly, cricket fans have also previously enjoyed games between the two sides and this will be yet another opportunity for them to witness their sides play against each other."

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury added, "Afghanistan have some fine players for this format and they will have the advantage of familiarity with the conditions in Dehradun.
"However, the Bangladesh team is a confident and experienced unit and we are really looking forward to the matches."

Afghanistan and Bangladesh have only met once previously in the shortest format, with the latter winning by nine wickets at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...ladesh-t20s-in-india/articleshow/64100312.cms

 

[MMHS]

Why only 3 T20!!!!! Add 5 ODI as well, and may be couple of Tests.

 

[hadi123]

Nice, they don't have a lot of time for a full series but 3 T20I's should be competitive.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Why only 3 T20!!!!! Add 5 ODI as well, and may be couple of Tests.

Afghanistan are scheduled to play India in test match on June 15. So, full BD tour wouldn’t be possible even after that one off test match against India, as it will be peak monsoon in India. The only time Afghanistan can host BD in India for full series is Oct-Jan. But most likely it would be in tier 3 cities as India’s domestic season will be going on too.
Or
afg can simply host BD in UAE

 

[Reddy]

Dehradun stadium is used as a domestic stadium but it looks awesome and has all the facilities required for a International game, just check out the picture of the stadium:

 

[shane]

I would love to see a full series between these two teams. I reckon it would be highly competitive, absorbing cricket.

Unfortunately for the likes of Afghanistan and Ireland, they are joining the Test elite at a time when Test cricket is on its death bed.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

2-1 to BD I would guess, but it really could go either way!

 

[The_Odd_One]

Dehradun stadium is used as a domestic stadium but it looks awesome and has all the facilities required for a International game, just check out the picture of the stadium:

Looks better than any international stadium in Pakistan.

 

[giri26]

Good for Afghanistan, hope they do well.

 

[moghul]

India investing a lot in Afghanistan and BD and its paying of.

 

[Raf Pragmatic]

India investing a lot in Afghanistan and BD and its paying of.

Yes, India should do more than that.

 

[MMHS]

Afghanistan are scheduled to play India in test match on June 15. So, full BD tour wouldn’t be possible even after that one off test match against India, as it will be peak monsoon in India. The only time Afghanistan can host BD in India for full series is Oct-Jan. But most likely it would be in tier 3 cities as India’s domestic season will be going on too.
Or
afg can simply host BD in UAE

I know the schedule, just was kidding.

Hosting any team in UAE won't be feasible for AFG, unless it's IND (whom they can play in IND); therefore that idea won't work. Best for both is to play series in BD in a revenue sharing model, so that operating cost is managed, while profit is shared (after net-off cost).

 

[Sami92]

I don't understand the point of playing T20I series now.

With ODI WC slated for next year, both teams would have benefited by playing 3 match ODI series.

 

[hadi123]

I don't understand the point of playing T20I series now.

With ODI WC slated for next year, both teams would have benefited by playing 3 match ODI series.

I agree 3 ODI's would be more beneficial but not as profitable, that has to be the reason T20Is were chosen, seeing as it's a neutral venue technically, I doubt many Indians would flock to an Afghanistan - Bangladesh ODI, even for T20I's the crowds will be low but still higher, most likely, than they would be for 50 over matches.

 

[MMHS]

I agree 3 ODI's would be more beneficial but not as profitable, that has to be the reason T20Is were chosen, seeing as it's a neutral venue technically, I doubt many Indians would flock to an Afghanistan - Bangladesh ODI, even for T20I's the crowds will be low but still higher, most likely, than they would be for 50 over matches.

Should have arranged in Kolkata, but I guess BCCI needed an event to introduce the new stadium. There are so many stadiums in IND that, it's impossible to slot Indian game outside established venues in big cities. Playing games is always great in any format - it's a bonus, players would have sit idle that time of year.

 

[Rishta Aunty]

Stadium seems nice, but do we really expect much turnout? How far is this from the Bangladesh border? Either ways, they are very evenly matched teams. Would have preferred ODI's though.

 

[MMHS]

Stadium seems nice, but do we really expect much turnout? How far is this from the Bangladesh border? Either ways, they are very evenly matched teams. Would have preferred ODI's though.

AFG's are far better T20 side, fact

But, we can beat them indeed if bowlers don't goof up. Against 40% overs of Rashid & Mujib, it's possible to make up ground in 50 overs course, but T20 is too short. Then, this WK guy can really hit brutally at the start - on top of that, they have few batsmen to hit 12 ball 23, which is perfect for T20. I think, it'll be 2-1 in favor of AFGs, but we might edge past also, if the wicket is a batting belter with fast outfield.

Dehradun is difficult to access for most Indians, let alone ......... it has to be local crowd or UAE .....

 

[Rishta Aunty]

AFG's are far better T20 side, fact

But, we can beat them indeed if bowlers don't goof up. Against 40% overs of Rashid & Mujib, it's possible to make up ground in 50 overs course, but T20 is too short. Then, this WK guy can really hit brutally at the start - on top of that, they have few batsmen to hit 12 ball 23, which is perfect for T20. I think, it'll be 2-1 in favor of AFGs, but we might edge past also, if the wicket is a batting belter with fast outfield.

Yeah I don't rate BD the T20 team either; they're a much better ODI side. I don't think the T20 results will really reflect how good Afghanistan are as a team. They've got all the ingredients of a good T20 side though: mystery spinners, batsman who can tonk it, and a fearless attitude on top. But I'm a bit biased against T20 overall as a format so that might be playing a role in how I see this.

 

[AMSS]

AFG's are far better T20 side, fact

But, we can beat them indeed if bowlers don't goof up. Against 40% overs of Rashid & Mujib, it's possible to make up ground in 50 overs course, but T20 is too short. Then, this WK guy can really hit brutally at the start - on top of that, they have few batsmen to hit 12 ball 23, which is perfect for T20. I think, it'll be 2-1 in favor of AFGs, but we might edge past also, if the wicket is a batting belter with fast outfield.

Dehradun is difficult to access for most Indians, let alone ......... it has to be local crowd or UAE .....

Incorrect.

Dehradun is a proper city and well connected with Rail, Air and a fairly new highway. Lovely 5 hour drive from Delhi.

 

[Reddy]

Stadium seems nice, but do we really expect much turnout? How far is this from the Bangladesh border? Either ways, they are very evenly matched teams. Would have preferred ODI's though.

AFG's are far better T20 side, fact

But, we can beat them indeed if bowlers don't goof up. Against 40% overs of Rashid & Mujib, it's possible to make up ground in 50 overs course, but T20 is too short. Then, this WK guy can really hit brutally at the start - on top of that, they have few batsmen to hit 12 ball 23, which is perfect for T20. I think, it'll be 2-1 in favor of AFGs, but we might edge past also, if the wicket is a batting belter with fast outfield.

Dehradun is difficult to access for most Indians, let alone ......... it has to be local crowd or UAE .....

Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand state and is well connected by multiple flights, trains and apart from that it is just 147 miles by road from Delhi. The Afghan cricket team have been allotted two "Home" grounds by the BCCI: one is Greater Noida cricket stadium and the other is Dehradun as most of the Afghan immigrants stay in or near Delhi. Also these are stadiums which will be free from blocking by the IPL and the Indian national team and hence will always be available.

 

[MMHS]

Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand state and is well connected by multiple flights, trains and apart from that it is just 147 miles by road from Delhi. The Afghan cricket team have been allotted two "Home" grounds by the BCCI: one is Greater Noida cricket stadium and the other is Dehradun as most of the Afghan immigrants stay in or near Delhi. Also these are stadiums which will be free from blocking by the IPL and the Indian national team and hence will always be available.

I think, connectivity must have improved lot in recent years.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Don't see anyone driving 147 miles from Delhi to watch a picnic cricket match between the 8th and 10th ranked sides, tbh.

 

[AMSS]

I think, connectivity must have improved lot in recent years.

Wrong again. Dehradun *always* was well connected. If Dehradun were in Pakistan, it'd be the 4th busiest airport there. Curious if you have ever been here to make these uninformed remarks?

 

[MMHS]

Wrong again. Dehradun *always* was well connected. If Dehradun were in Pakistan, it'd be the 4th busiest airport there. Curious if you have ever been here to make these uninformed remarks?

Actually, one of my distant relative used to study in Dehradun or Nainital, and it took them almost a full day from Kolkata (Used Shatabdi Express or something like that), but that's long back in 90s. I do know that Dehradun is the training centre for IPS cadets, and there is a major defense establishments, lots of boarding schools established by British, but I think since it got the state capital status, things have moved fast forward.

Anyway, since you are willing to brag, Dehradun is at the north part of India, almost in the corner of Nepal & China - and my comments do stand in that regard, it's difficult to access for most Indians. You may agree that Delhi isn't covering most Indians, there are few other smaller places like South India, Eastern States, Gujrat, Mahrastra .......

Coming to your curiosity, you are exposing your age kid, don't try to get over smart - that Dehradun airport started commercial operation in 30 March 2008, with expansion in 2009, and Dehradun was founded in 1676, and it got state capital status in 2000 - a simple Wiki search would have served you here. In fact, you should have understood something from the Cricket Stadium there - for India, the first International stadium in Dehradun is built in 2018, when Gowhati & Srinagar staged International games in 1980s ........

Hope it serves your curiosity.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

2 - 1 to Afghanistan.

Bangladesh are a POOR T20I team, despite having some world class players and their own T20 league for years.

 

[Rishta Aunty]

Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand state and is well connected by multiple flights, trains and apart from that it is just 147 miles by road from Delhi. The Afghan cricket team have been allotted two "Home" grounds by the BCCI: one is Greater Noida cricket stadium and the other is Dehradun as most of the Afghan immigrants stay in or near Delhi. Also these are stadiums which will be free from blocking by the IPL and the Indian national team and hence will always be available.

Thanks [MENTION=143290]Reddy[/MENTION] for the information. Still that sounds prohibitively expensive for the average Bangladeshi fan to make the trip. Are there lot of Afghani immigrants in Delhi? Expect a decent turnout?

 

[jnaveen1980]

On Indian pitches Afghanistan spin combo is way better than Bangladesh. Just that their batting is unpredictable.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Should have arranged in Kolkata, but I guess BCCI needed an event to introduce the new stadium. There are so many stadiums in IND that, it's impossible to slot Indian game outside established venues in big cities. Playing games is always great in any format - it's a bonus, players would have sit idle that time of year.

Afg are alloted just two stadiums as their home grounds Greater Noida and Dehradun. Rest of the grounds are not always available as they host India’s games, IPL, and Domestic games. So, in a way it make sense to give Afg, stadiums that are always available for them to host their international games.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Should have arranged in Kolkata, but I guess BCCI needed an event to introduce the new stadium. There are so many stadiums in IND that, it's impossible to slot Indian game outside established venues in big cities. Playing games is always great in any format - it's a bonus, players would have sit idle that time of year.

Also, BCCI have been arranging test matches in Tier 2 cities, whereas Odis and T20is have always been scheduled in smaller venues too. India have rotation policy which allows every state and cities get fair share of games. Someday BCCI might arrange Indian games at Dehradun as well.

 

[MMHS]

Also, BCCI have been arranging test matches in Tier 2 cities, whereas Odis and T20is have always been scheduled in smaller venues too. India have rotation policy which allows every state and cities get fair share of games. Someday BCCI might arrange Indian games at Dehradun as well.

The games are scheduled just before Soccer WC, therefore prolonging the series wasn't wise - whatever is coming is good. It's always better idea to play the game rather than sitting idle. I know that Dehradun is allocated as AFG's home venue and they are arranging the games as host, which is fine. Could have done it at Noida, but this is a new stadium and history'll record AFG-BD as the debutante of the stadium.

Regarding accessibility, it's quite understandable that even Andaman is easily accessible for Indians - it doesn't need visa, and there is a commercial airport, sea port there, you just need money . But, people has to grow emotional intelligence to understand light hearten comments. For such a series, hardly any neutral fan is going to spend money (not only for travelling, you have to stay there as well) to watch game there - it has to be local interest. For a city of may be 500K population, it'll take 50% of local adults to be interested, for the stadium to be houseful. But for a City like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, even 1% interested locals are good enough, along with the expat BD/AFG people there.

Anyway, I can see light towers, therefore I guess games will be D/N, means 10:30AM start here at Toronto, otherwise in Ramadan, it's impossible to watch games from 6 AM, after Tarabih till 12:30 AM

 

[Hasan123]

Good for Afghanistan.

 

[Reddy]

Thanks [MENTION=143290]Reddy[/MENTION] for the information. Still that sounds prohibitively expensive for the average Bangladeshi fan to make the trip. Are there lot of Afghani immigrants in Delhi? Expect a decent turnout?

There is a decent sized Afghan immigrants in Delhi but you cannot expect many people to go, few hundred of them have always shown up at the Greater Noida cricket ground in the past but you cannot expect thousands, hopefully few local people too join in the fun as it is the first International cricket game at this beautiful stadium.

 

[MenInG]

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

So Bangladesh gets to tour India

 

[Asch Ali]

Afghanis to be exposed big time by the Tigers!

 

[MenInG]

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[BreadPakoda]

Another Gandhi stadium? Can't we have some new names please?

 

[MenInG]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Courtney Walsh Head Coach for the Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan in Dehradun, India. Walsh had performed the same role during the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation in Sri Lanka in March this year.

The Bangladesh Team is scheduled to leave for Dehradun on 29 May to play three T20s on 03, 05 and 07 June.

http://www.tigercricket.com.bd/2018...y20-international-series-against-afghanistan/

 

[hadi123]

Bangladesh will miss the services of Mustafizur Rahman, who has an injury on his left big toe, during the upcoming Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan.

The left-arm pacer picked up the injury during the Indian Premier League 2018, where he was a part of the Mumbai Indians set-up.

He returned to Bangladesh to join the national team’s training camp after Mumbai’s campaign in IPL 2018 ended before the play-offs, but wasn’t cleared to join the team after being given a couple of days off to recover.

A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) statement on Tuesday 29 May confirmed that Rahman “complained of pain” and “subsequent tests have revealed a crack on his left big toe which will sideline him for a few weeks”.

Debashis Chowdhury, the BCB senior physician, explained, “An X-ray followed by a CT scan have confirmed a hairline fracture on the big toe. It takes around three to four weeks to recover from such injuries and therefore he can’t play against Afghanistan.

“We expect him to start rehab in two weeks after which we will continue to monitor and assess him.”

Bangladesh have not yet named a replacement for Rahman, who picked up seven wickets in seven outings for Mumbai in the latest edition of the IPL at an economy rate of 8.36.

The series of three T20Is will be played on 3, 5 and 7 June at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun in northern India.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/694358

 

[RainMan_]

Why T20s? What's the point of playing such useless format. T20s r enjoyable in league cricket only. International T20s r extremely boring and have little to no significance.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Why T20s? What's the point of playing such useless format. T20s r enjoyable in league cricket only. International T20s r extremely boring and have little to no significance.

It was the clueless BCBs idea with an ODI World Cup coming up. Afghans wanted to play ODIs and BCB said no.

 

[MMHS]

It was the clueless BCBs idea with an ODI World Cup coming up. Afghans wanted to play ODIs and BCB said no.

I think, weather in June could be too harsh for ODI. Not sure about Dheradun, but Delhi is almost unbearable in June.

Having said that BCB is probably trying to fix T20 game - 10th ranking is too low even for us. Playing AFGs in ODI probably doesn’t benefit much (rather risky for ranking perspective), but they are a better T20 side and it’s head to head, thefore every win counts like twice for raninkg points. IICRC, we covered 12+ points from that 3-0 against PAK; in T20 it might be even bigger.

Logically, AFG should always want to play ODI & we should opt for T20 in such bilateral. (And, none interested for Test).

 

[Shutdown Corner]

I think, weather in June could be too harsh for ODI. Not sure about Dheradun, but Delhi is almost unbearable in June.

Having said that BCB is probably trying to fix T20 game - 10th ranking is too low even for us. Playing AFGs in ODI probably doesn’t benefit much (rather risky for ranking perspective), but they are a better T20 side and it’s head to head, thefore every win counts like twice for raninkg points. IICRC, we covered 12+ points from that 3-0 against PAK; in T20 it might be even bigger.

Logically, AFG should always want to play ODI & we should opt for T20 in such bilateral. (And, none interested for Test�&#56873.

Fair points. I'd still have rather seen an ODI series.

But yes, a 3-0 win should see jump past them in the rankings I think. Will be hard to beat them 3-0 away from home.

 

[hadi123]

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Wednesday recalled medium pacer Abul Hasan to replace the injured Mustafizur Rahman for next month's Twenty20 series against Afghanistan in India.

Mustafizur was ruled out after sustaining a toe injury during an Indian Premier League match for Mumbai Indians on May 20.

Afghanistan will host Bangladesh for the first-ever T20 series between the countries in the Indian city of Dehradun from June 3 to 7.

A week later Afghanistan will play their inaugural Test, against India in Bangalore from June 14.
Selectors delayed announcing Mustafizur's replacement until learning more about the newly-laid pitch at Dehradun's Rajeev Gandhi International Stadium.

"It was a new ground so we wanted feedback from the team," said chief selector Minhajul Abedin.

"They reached Dehradun on Tuesday and found the pitch a bit grassy, so we decided to send a pace bowler. Otherwise we would have sent a spinner."

Abul's last four Twenty20 internationals were against Pakistan in 2012.

Afghanistan are ranked eighth on the Twenty20 international ranking, two places ahead of Bangladesh.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...asan-for-afghan-t20s/articleshow/64387565.cms

 

[Mainul]

Dehradun stadium is used as a domestic stadium but it looks awesome and has all the facilities required for a International game, just check out the picture of the stadium:

Just awesome.

It should be a hard contested series.Afgans looks good to win.

 

[Mainul]

Bangladesh batting is better and Afgan bowling is better than their counterpart.Evenly balanced.

 

[MenInG]

Opening batsman Hazrat Zazai who performed well against Bangladesh in the practice match yesterday scoring 69 valuable runs, has been added to Afghanistan squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh following a special recommendation by ACB selection committee. The series commencing on 3rd June will be hosted by ACB at Dehradun's Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. ACB strives to groom young talent to ensure a bright future for Afghanistan cricket.

http://cricket.af/acb-news-info/565

 

[Itachi]

Wrong again. Dehradun *always* was well connected. If Dehradun were in Pakistan, it'd be the 4th busiest airport there. Curious if you have ever been here to make these uninformed remarks?

You are a bit wrong in a sense that, Deharadun, though a proper city, but communication is still not as good as it should have been. I have been to dehradun many times, my elder brother even works there and I do love the city. But compared to other cities, communication is a bit troublesome.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Afghanistan will win 2-1

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Which channel in India will broadcast these matches?

 

[AuxiliA]

Which channel in India will broadcast these matches?

Star Sports/Hotstar

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Star Sports/Hotstar

Star Sports isn't showing it.

 

[JattMaula]

Star Sports isn't showing it.

Search on YouTube. Lots of live streams.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

2 - 1 to Afghanistan.

Bangladesh are a POOR T20I team, despite having some world class players and their own T20 league for years.

Looks like a reality. May be even 3 - 0 to Afghanistan. Ban is a poor T20I team. A genuine minnow.

 

[BlackShadow]

Actually, one of my distant relative used to study in Dehradun or Nainital, and it took them almost a full day from Kolkata (Used Shatabdi Express or something like that), but that's long back in 90s. I do know that Dehradun is the training centre for IPS cadets, and there is a major defense establishments, lots of boarding schools established by British, but I think since it got the state capital status, things have moved fast forward.

Anyway, since you are willing to brag, Dehradun is at the north part of India, almost in the corner of Nepal & China - and my comments do stand in that regard, it's difficult to access for most Indians. You may agree that Delhi isn't covering most Indians, there are few other smaller places like South India, Eastern States, Gujrat, Mahrastra .......

Coming to your curiosity, you are exposing your age kid, don't try to get over smart - that Dehradun airport started commercial operation in 30 March 2008, with expansion in 2009, and Dehradun was founded in 1676, and it got state capital status in 2000 - a simple Wiki search would have served you here. In fact, you should have understood something from the Cricket Stadium there - for India, the first International stadium in Dehradun is built in 2018, when Gowhati & Srinagar staged International games in 1980s ........

Hope it serves your curiosity.

Brother I enjoy your Cricket related posts, but as a Dehradun local, let me tell you are coming across as embarrassingly misinformed here. What does your distant relative's travel time from Kolkata to Dehradun/Nainital have to do with anything here? Dehradun targets visitors from North India, states like Delhi, UP, Haryana and Punjab. All these places are very well connected to Dehradun, have always been. A 5 hour drive from Delhi isn't exactly a big deal.

And about Dehradun being in the corner of Nepal? Are you kidding me? By that logic, isn't Delhi too in the corner of Nepal? Have you ever even seen an Indian map and the distance cities have to Nepal?

Lastly, let me bring your failed Wiki search about Jolly Grant Airport. The commercial operations were not started, but resumed in 2008. My parents have been using the commercial services there since the 80s.

 

[MMHS]

Brother I enjoy your Cricket related posts, but as a Dehradun local, let me tell you are coming across as embarrassingly misinformed here. What does your distant relative's travel time from Kolkata to Dehradun/Nainital have to do with anything here? Dehradun targets visitors from North India, states like Delhi, UP, Haryana and Punjab. All these places are very well connected to Dehradun, have always been. A 5 hour drive from Delhi isn't exactly a big deal.

And about Dehradun being in the corner of Nepal? Are you kidding me? By that logic, isn't Delhi too in the corner of Nepal? Have you ever even seen an Indian map and the distance cities have to Nepal?

Lastly, let me bring your failed Wiki search about Jolly Grant Airport. The commercial operations were not started, but resumed in 2008. My parents have been using the commercial services there since the 80s.

Leave it. It started with a satire line, but I understand - in PP, I have to be to the point by words. But, surprisingly, being a Deharadun resident, you actually don't know that Delhi is actually as close to Nepal border as Dehradun!!! I wonder, have you ever seen Indian map or not.

 

[BlackShadow]

Leave it. It started with a satire line, but I understand - in PP, I have to be to the point by words. But, surprisingly, being a Deharadun resident, you actually don't know that Delhi is actually as close to Nepal border as Dehradun!!! I wonder, have you ever seen Indian map or not.

Is this post supposed to cover up your lies about North India's connectivity to Dehradun, or about it's Airport's commercial operations or about Dehradun being in Nepal's corner?

You don't take being corrected too well, do you? Let's hope next time you read your Wiki articles a little better before schooling Indians about their home states and calling them over smart.

 

[MMHS]

Is this post supposed to cover up your lies about North India's connectivity to Dehradun, or about it's Airport's commercial operations or about Dehradun being in Nepal's corner?

You don't take being corrected too well, do you? Let's hope next time you read your Wiki articles a little better before schooling Indians about their home states and calling them over smart.

I see you didn't like the Map comment too well, must have checked the actual map this time

I am not schooling Indians about their state - I don't need that, some posters must have checked the map as well. And nothing lie about it, and nothing to be corrected here - someone asked how far Dehardun is from Bangladesh (regarding phisically attending game) and I explained that in Post No. 30. You tried to correct me after 2 weeks for reasons you know better - and caught with the map line, which wasn't required at all. For a country of 3.2mn Squire KM, I actually do have an idea what to call close to an International border and what distant.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Lol some people are so sensitive. So what if [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] didn't know much about Dehradun and its connectivity with other states?

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=146612]BlackShadow[/MENTION]

Relax bro, let's just close it. I must thank you to host us at Dehradun on such a lovely stadium. For us, it's always like Kolkata or Shillong or Gowhati is like next door and rest of IND is far away. I have traveled at least 10 Cities of IND (stayed 2 weeks at IMA Ahmedabad for a Corporate training) and I actually have traveled even Shimla through Kalka mail - would have gone to Srinagar as well, but just then Kargil war started

Nothing personal, I just made a fun that Dehradun isn't the best place to host BD, but I understand the reason.

 

[MMHS]

Lol some people are so sensitive. So what if [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] didn't know much about Dehradun and its connectivity with other states?

Bro, let's not make it a geography class. For us Bangladeshis, Dehradun takes 12 hours, Toronto 19 hours .......

 

[BlackShadow]

Lol some people are so sensitive. So what if [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] didn't know much about Dehradun and its connectivity with other states?

[MENTION=146612]BlackShadow[/MENTION]

Relax bro, let's just close it. I must thank you to host us at Dehradun on such a lovely stadium. For us, it's always like Kolkata or Shillong or Gowhati is like next door and rest of IND is far away. I have traveled at least 10 Cities of IND (stayed 2 weeks at IMA Ahmedabad for a Corporate training) and I actually have traveled even Shimla through Kalka mail - would have gone to Srinagar as well, but just then Kargil war started

Nothing personal, I just made a fun that Dehradun isn't the best place to host BD, but I understand the reason.

Alright guys, I'll close it. I can understand this from a Bangladeshi perspective, but got a little carried away when the same was extended to Indians. It isn't always that we get these events, so I think it was fair on my part to be a little jazbaati about people visiting my city.

 

[Loralai]

Its such a shame we don't have better relations with our Afghan brothers. I would have loved to see them playing their first Test against Pakistan at Quetta, Peshawar or Karachi.

 

[MenInG]

The Bangladesh fast bowler has received an official reprimand and one demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.

Bangladesh fast bowler Rubel Hossain has received an official reprimand and one demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s second Twenty20 International against Afghanistan in Dehradun on Tuesday.

Rubel was found to have violated Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”.

The incident happened in the 11th over of Afghanistan’s innings when Rubel showed dissent by slamming his hand downwards and shaking his head after the umpire had turned down his LBW appeal against Samiullah Shenwari.

After the match, Rubel admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft. As such, there was no need for a formal hearing.

The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Izatullah Safi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari, and third umpire Ahmed Shah Pakteen and fourth umpire Mehmood Kharotai.

Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.

 

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Congrats to Afghanistan well played. Good stuff.

 

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Actually, one of my distant relative used to study in Dehradun or Nainital, and it took them almost a full day from Kolkata (Used Shatabdi Express or something like that), but that's long back in 90s.

Dehradun is different from Nainital. Dehradun is connected by rail, but Nainital is not. Both are in the same state, but quite far apart. It is Nainital which could be described as being near to Nepal border.