Bangladeshi crowd at stadium - why so unsporting?

[MMHS]

bro bangladeshi crowd is poor.accept it,,they even cry every now and then..

They are emotional, but not poor, neither hostile. Also, most of them don't analyze the like us, therefore they believe what they are fed my our idiot sports media.

 

[DRsohail]

They are emotional, but not poor, neither hostile. Also, most of them don't analyze the like us, therefore they believe what they are fed my our idiot sports media.

may be emotional ...and yess they are not hostile which is good,,,,let bangladesh win consistently for quite some years they may change as indian crowd did change a bit...

 

[MMHS]

There was just one match I think in Sialkot back in the 70s if I remember. Don't bother with him, he is extremely bitter after the epic choke today

No, I listed that in another thread which can't find now. [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] agreed with all the incidents. For your convenience, I am mentioning just few

- AUS team was taken to hotel after Karachi crowd's stone throwing, in a match that PAK won
- 4th ODI between PAK-IND '89 was called off after Srikkanth took his team off for stone throwing
- Multan (or Karachi) Test was halted of a session, for crowd throwing stone to Sylvester Clarke.
- Karachi ODI was curtailed to 46 over, with PAK at 260/4 (which eventually was the reason for PAK's loss), for constant stone throwing at Indian players
- A player as gentle & polite like Ambrose was thrown stone & water bottles in Multan 1998 & police had to clear a section of crowd in a match that PAK won by innings


I can go on, 1978 IND tour, 1977 England tour, 1988 AUS tour, 2001 England tour ...... but that won't be a good taste. I am upset with the defeat today, but that has nothing to do with taking cheap shots at BD crowd.
[MENTION=139634]Finisher[/MENTION]

 

[Finisher]

No, I listed that in another thread which can't find now. [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] agreed with all the incidents. For your convenience, I am mentioning just few

- AUS team was taken to hotel after Karachi crowd's stone throwing, in a match that PAK won
- 4th ODI between PAK-IND '89 was called off after Srikkanth took his team off for stone throwing
- Multan (or Karachi) Test was halted of a session, for crowd throwing stone to Sylvester Clarke.
- Karachi ODI was curtailed to 46 over, with PAK at 260/4 (which eventually was the reason for PAK's loss), for constant stone throwing at Indian players
- A player as gentle & polite like Ambrose was thrown stone & water bottles in Multan 1998 & police had to clear a section of crowd in a match that PAK won by innings


I can go on, 1978 IND tour, 1977 England tour, 1988 AUS tour, 2001 England tour ...... but that won't be a good taste. I am upset with the defeat today, but that has nothing to do with taking cheap shots at BD crowd.

[MENTION=139634]Finisher[/MENTION]

Brother its not about crowd causing trouble am talking about Bengali fans not being able to give any credit to the apposing team because at the end of the day its like somebody visiting your home.
Could the Dhaka crowd sing the other team players name like Pakistani fans did with Balaji. At the moment of time I don't think there capable of it.

-Windies bus getting Smashed

-Indian Tendulkar fan getting harassed

-Pakistani Famous fan being forced to wear bangladesh flag

These are all in the last few years..

 

[MMHS]

Brother its not about crowd causing trouble am talking about Bengali fans not being able to give any credit to the apposing team because at the end of the day its like somebody visiting your home.
Could the Dhaka crowd sing the other team players name like Pakistani fans did with Balaji. At the moment of time I don't think there capable of it.

-Windies bus getting Smashed

-Indian Tendulkar fan getting harassed

-Pakistani Famous fan being forced to wear bangladesh flag

These are all in the last few years..

WI bus issue was different issue - crowd was upset for home team & both team was travelling with similar bus, they threw stones from misidentification. That night, several people went to hotel to appalogise WI team.

This Indian guy himself goes overboard often. He had issues even in SRL as well.

The Pakistan fan issue is absolute false - there could be some friendly banter, which was blown out of proportion by some media.

I am not sure what you mean by sporting crowd, but if you think that home crowd will cheer for boundaries hit against them, then probably only part of English crowd can be marked a sporting crowd.

 

[TQ89]

Enough of this nonsense. Today crowd was shocked more than anything else & many of them left the ground. But, in general bangladesh crowd is quite friendly & sober - often they are more hostile to own team than visitors. Just about a year back, Styen was playing football with Bangladeshi boys on street & for that, there is something more than security issues.

And don't talk nonsense of PAK crowd which has been historically the worst. Crowd disturbance when home country is losing is not uncommon, but PAK crowd is unique in a sense that match had to halted several times when their team is on top. Do you want me to list the number of occasions when PAK crowd unleashed their ugly side? Go & do some history checking before naming others.

Care to enlighten us when it occurred

 

[TQ89]

WI bus issue was different issue - crowd was upset for home team & both team was travelling with similar bus, they threw stones from misidentification. That night, several people went to hotel to appalogise WI team.

This Indian guy himself goes overboard often. He had issues even in SRL as well.

The Pakistan fan issue is absolute false - there could be some friendly banter, which was blown out of proportion by some media.

I am not sure what you mean by sporting crowd, but if you think that home crowd will cheer for boundaries hit against them, then probably only part of English crowd can be marked a sporting crowd.

Wasn't it the BD crowd that pelted the WI bus with stones in 2011 World cup after BD lost its first match

 

[MMHS]

Wasn't it the BD crowd that pelted the WI bus with stones in 2011 World cup after BD lost its first match

Different context, I have explained.

 

[TQ89]

Different context, I have explained.

It is always different when the shoe is on the other side, aint it?

 

[MMHS]

It is always different when the shoe is on the other side, aint it?

No.

That match could have taken us to QF. People started to come at stadium from previous night. It took long hours for most crowd to enter the stadium. By the time they reached their seat, game was over (I was one of them).

Crowd was extremely upset with home team as they started to evaluate stadium. For security purpose, all teams were travelling with same exterior bus (without even flag or number plate) with dark glass. People took it BD team bus & they threw few stones.

Later, that night several groups went to Pan Pacefic hotel to apologize to the WI team with flowers & gifts. There was a large card signed by s verbal visitors apologizing the WI team. Later Gayle mentioned that incident.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

No.

That match could have taken us to QF. People started to come at stadium from previous night. It took long hours for most crowd to enter the stadium. By the time they reached their seat, game was over (I was one of them).

Crowd was extremely upset with home team as they started to evaluate stadium. For security purpose, all teams were travelling with same exterior bus (without even flag or number plate) with dark glass. People took it BD team bus & they threw few stones.

Later, that night several groups went to Pan Pacefic hotel to apologize to the WI team with flowers & gifts. There was a large card signed by s verbal visitors apologizing the WI team. Later Gayle mentioned that incident.

The point is, and let's keep it simple, Bangladeshi crowd at the moment is unsporting and immature. Say whatever about Pakistan, India, or West Indies (they've a history of pitch invasions, threats to umpires, and what not) in the past but this doesn't change the reality that the Bangladeshi crowd is extremely unsporting.

They are a better team now, someone should pass down the message to the crowd to behave in a more sporting manner. It's good for the game on a whole.

 

[Sherlock]

Maybe the crowd/supporters think they're better than they actually are, thus expect them to win, at home at least?

 

[MMHS]

The point is, and let's keep it simple, Bangladeshi crowd at the moment is unsporting and immature. Say whatever about Pakistan, India, or West Indies (they've a history of pitch invasions, threats to umpires, and what not) in the past but this doesn't change the reality that the Bangladeshi crowd is extremely unsporting.

They are a better team now, someone should pass down the message to the crowd to behave in a more sporting manner. It's good for the game on a whole.

Why they need to pretend to be so called sporting fan? In North America its perfectly accepted that home crowd will distract free throw shooter or out fielders in baseball.

They have come to watch their team win - as simple as that. They'll appreciate good cricket in neutral matches, which they are doing - Bangladesh crowd had been one of the best in neutral matches. As long as they are not throwing staffs or monkey chanting against home opponents, they are doing absolutely fine. Not exposing inner beast itself is an appreciation - I have never seen or heard BD crowd to boo touring players when they are performing, which I can't say about other crowds. Being silent is far better than booing.

I normally don't get involved in such threads, but irony of this thread is that PAK posters are trying to sell "cricket etiquette & sporting behaviour" of their famous crowd when, regardless of match condition half of the stadium evaluates with the exit of Afridi.

 

[rahulrulezz]

Lol Pakistani and Indian fans making fun of Bamgladeshi crowds.
Pakistani crowd used to throw stones every time they lost. Who can forget when Pakistani crowd actually ripped Indian captains jersey. No crowd has ever done that.
Same is the case with Indian crowd. They go quit when they loose or burn the 4 or 6 postcard.
Only maybe decent subcontinental crowd has been Srilankan crowd.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Why they need to pretend to be so called sporting fan? In North America its perfectly accepted that home crowd will distract free throw shooter or out fielders in baseball.

They have come to watch their team win - as simple as that. They'll appreciate good cricket in neutral matches, which they are doing - Bangladesh crowd had been one of the best in neutral matches. As long as they are not throwing staffs or monkey chanting against home opponents, they are doing absolutely fine. Not exposing inner beast itself is an appreciation - I have never seen or heard BD crowd to boo touring players when they are performing, which I can't say about other crowds. Being silent is far better than booing.

I normally don't get involved in such threads, but irony of this thread is that PAK posters are trying to sell "cricket etiquette & sporting behaviour" of their famous crowd when, regardless of match condition half of the stadium evaluates with the exit of Afridi.

There isn't an irony in the thread. Either you are angry at the Pak supporters, or disappointed with something.

No matter what you say about partisan crowds and how other sports may have a culture of it, cricket has been different and it's nice to have an identity of your own. The crowds in Australia and England are notorious for giving no inch to visiting teams but they also applaud centuries and salute people when they do well. Opposition players who do well are cheered - often more than their own team and you already know that so there is no point in me repeating this.

Neutral cricket isn't a matter of concern here, and some posters may bring points that aren't valid to the debate but you also already know that.

Cricket is better when it's played with a spirit outside the playing field too and the differentiating factor between cricket and other sports is the spirit of cricket that we all enjoy.

The bangla fans take losing too seriously now and only when they'll overcome that, they'll truly enjoy the cricket. Don't compare to Pakistan crowds or our mistakes or whatever - you can be better and should be better.

Have a good day or night. Cheers.

 

[Thivagar]

Lack of education the main reason. That's one reason why I hate cricket in countries like India, BD and even Pakistan. The crowd are so jahil and unsporting. Yeah I get it that you want your team to win but at least you can applause the opposition for their good performances too.

Sub continent had the best fans for a very long time, certain players were always cheered. It is actually the rise of social media that has brought down out cricket fans. Social media and technology has made everyone self conscious and people don't live in the present(moment) like they were before. It is very hard to with the usage of technology.

 

[MMHS]

There isn't an irony in the thread. Either you are angry at the Pak supporters, or disappointed with something.

No matter what you say about partisan crowds and how other sports may have a culture of it, cricket has been different and it's nice to have an identity of your own. The crowds in Australia and England are notorious for giving no inch to visiting teams but they also applaud centuries and salute people when they do well. Opposition players who do well are cheered - often more than their own team and you already know that so there is no point in me repeating this.

Neutral cricket isn't a matter of concern here, and some posters may bring points that aren't valid to the debate but you also already know that.

Cricket is better when it's played with a spirit outside the playing field too and the differentiating factor between cricket and other sports is the spirit of cricket that we all enjoy.

The bangla fans take losing too seriously now and only when they'll overcome that, they'll truly enjoy the cricket. Don't compare to Pakistan crowds or our mistakes or whatever - you can be better and should be better.

Have a good day or night. Cheers.

I am definitely disappointed with the loss, but I am not angry with Posters here. However, one should ask, why these sort of thread is bumped every time BD loses? In fact, I was really impressed today that the crowd behaved so well, after such melt down.


Look, it's not a contest. The very next day couple of idiots might throw a water bottle to English fielders, BUT people living in glass house shouldn't throw stones to neighbors. Few days back, BD lost to Afghans, this thread wasn't bumped, because that day crowd was disgusted with BD team & they did appreciate AFG team, appreciate the MoM Nabi, because he played well. Today, the loss made them silent, rather than violent & that if not appreciated, at least shouldn't be taunted.

 

[Ahmed4472]

Most epic scene was when Bangla girls started crying when Mushfiqur Rahim dropped Afridi's catch in Asia cup 2014 and followed by Athar's commentary. Bhogle's comments were awesome though

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

I am definitely disappointed with the loss, but I am not angry with Posters here. However, one should ask, why these sort of thread is bumped every time BD loses? In fact, I was really impressed today that the crowd behaved so well, after such melt down.


Look, it's not a contest. The very next day couple of idiots might throw a water bottle to English fielders, BUT people living in glass house shouldn't throw stones to neighbors. Few days back, BD lost to Afghans, this thread wasn't bumped, because that day crowd was disgusted with BD team & they did appreciate AFG team, appreciate the MoM Nabi, because he played well. Today, the loss made them silent, rather than violent & that if not appreciated, at least shouldn't be taunted.

People living in glass houses throw stones at others the most.

BD crowd should behave excellently, this tour is important for Bangladesh and the cricketing world. I'm hoping and praying that no sorry incident happens on this tour at all.

That said, and I'll stick to my main point again, the faster the crowd learns to appreciate good cricket, the better it is. Thank you for listening to my point and I guess just as I understand your point of view, you'd try to understand mine. Agreement isn't a necessity (that too, you already know)

 

[Aman]

Mate. The Australian media used to whinge at the start of every summer that cricket was so boring because Australia won too often and it would be nice if other teams did well.

That's like the AB's nowadays, there probably isn't a team on the planet that can even match the B team. Last weeks game was over in 4 minutes of play... The AB's lost some legend of the game last year, but they've only become more invincible.

 

[Convict]

That's like the AB's nowadays, there probably isn't a team on the planet that can even match the B team. Last weeks game was over in 4 minutes of play... The AB's lost some legend of the game last year, but they've only become more invincible.

Yeah. Because apart from South Africa and Wales, rugby is a minor sport

 

[Aman]

Yeah. Because apart from South Africa and Wales, rugby is a minor sport

Outside of Asia and Aus, cricket isn't big anywhere else..

The AB's brand may be as big if not bigger than cricket..

They get big crowds wherever they take their matches, whether it's the states or asia, the AB's are a big name team.

 

[psyoptica]

I don't blame Bangla crowd at the stadium for their behavior. That's like criticizing someone for supporting their team. They are a passionate crowd and such emotions are understandable when they are playing a high profile team. They were minnows of the game a little while back. Lost games after games after games and fans were desensitized to their team losing. Bangla team have improved leaps and bounds and gave hope to their supporters. That small hope is that keeps their fans roaring.
Also having a crowd in such big numbers cheering for you really get's you pumped up. That's one of the reasons Bangla does well in front of home crowd.

 

[DRsohail]

Lol Pakistani and Indian fans making fun of Bamgladeshi crowds.
Pakistani crowd used to throw stones every time they lost. Who can forget when Pakistani crowd actually ripped Indian captains jersey. No crowd has ever done that.
Same is the case with Indian crowd. They go quit when they loose or burn the 4 or 6 postcard.
Only maybe decent subcontinental crowd has been Srilankan crowd.

indian crowd was hostile too but they have changed with modern day social media etc and so is pakistan both are much supportive for foreign teams as well the rescent zimbabway tour is an example of it but bangladesh fans never give any sort of support to the opposition which is poor..

 

[Haroon786]

No.

That match could have taken us to QF. People started to come at stadium from previous night. It took long hours for most crowd to enter the stadium. By the time they reached their seat, game was over (I was one of them).

Crowd was extremely upset with home team as they started to evaluate stadium. For security purpose, all teams were travelling with same exterior bus (without even flag or number plate) with dark glass. People took it BD team bus & they threw few stones.

Later, that night several groups went to Pan Pacefic hotel to apologize to the WI team with flowers & gifts. There was a large card signed by s verbal visitors apologizing the WI team. Later Gayle mentioned that incident.

These are all pathetic excuses to sugarcoat the events, if there was a Pakistani poster alive at the time of the events you detailed I'm sure they too could conjure up excuses to cover up those incidents.

Bangladeshis are not some special breed that morally superior to Pakistanis or any other South Asians. No need to provide a biased view of history.

Pakistani crowds are not necessarily sporting, but they do tend to acknowledge oppositions.

 

[Obstructing_the_field]

They are emotional, but not poor, neither hostile. Also, most of them don't analyze the like us, therefore they believe what they are fed my our idiot sports media.

u might want to reconsider your denial of hostility bcz last year in asia cup, your crowd not only beat the man who paints the indian flag on him but also the srilankan supporter on wheel chair.... something to consider ...

 

[srh]

Who wins?

India has grown up a bit in sportsmanship although still way behind than the likes of Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh is currently the worst in sportsmanship.

 

[MMHS]

u might want to reconsider your denial of hostility bcz last year in asia cup, your crowd not only beat the man who paints the indian flag on him but also the srilankan supporter on wheel chair.... something to consider ...

I am not denying anything - there are stupid every where. But, it's a bit difficult to swallow allegation of crowd behaviour from Pakistanis.

 

[street cricketer]

I am not denying anything - there are stupid every where. But, it's a bit difficult to swallow allegation of crowd behaviour from Pakistanis.

It's really funny.

I mean, the Indian team was actually stoned lol..

 

[MMHS]

These are all pathetic excuses to sugarcoat the events, if there was a Pakistani poster alive at the time of the events you detailed I'm sure they too could conjure up excuses to cover up those incidents.

Bangladeshis are not some special breed that morally superior to Pakistanis or any other South Asians. No need to provide a biased view of history.

Pakistani crowds are not necessarily sporting, but they do tend to acknowledge oppositions.

I am not putting any biased view - just listing incidents. And, I have not listed personal abuses of Indian players/Captain considering the rivalry.

Last 8/9 years, PAK crowd means UAE crowd, which is a mix bag - half come to watch Afridi. Last time a team toured PAK was SAF when Kali's scored a pair of hundreds at Karachi - you will not be so bullish if you could see the "sporting appreciation" for him in that match.

You are so true - apart from SRL, South Asian crowd is not saint anywhere, but at least I appreciate the Indians here that they are accepting their weakness & not pointing to others.

 

[kingusama92]

Don't see the fuss over sporting crowds.

If the crowd applauds the opposition team then that's an added plus. It shouldn't be some sort of expected norm because people pay hard-earned money to see their team do well.

Hell, boo them if you want in my opinion.

 

[ShahKhan007]

Only Cricket fans would expect the home crowd to cheer for the opposition. What a futile discussion.

 

[EliteCynical]

India and Bangladesh have the worst crowds in the world in any sport. Pakistani and Sri Lankan crowds are much more sporting and chilled out.

What are you saying dude? When Rajesh Chauhan hit Saqlain for a six, the entire NSK crowd went quiet. It happens everywhere. I would refrain from making blanket statements like Country A's crowd is more sporting than country B. Overall I believe Asian crowds are far more passionate than western crowds and take a loss to heart. I believe, by the time they recover from the shock the moment is past for them to appreciate.

 

[TQ89]

On a side note, the faces the BD fans make when their team chokes makes me happy. I don't know why & I have not been able to figure out. And it is not in me to take pleasures in any team's defeat. I don't treat it as religion or a craze. To me it is just a sport.

But for the last few days I have been entertaining my self with the last match highlights. And i skip the whole part & watch from where shakib gets out. Before that partnership they are like yeah man we got this, move aside chumps & after every wicket, their faces are like sun has risen from the east & doomsday has come

 

[Chrish]

Asian crowds in general are pathetic..

 

[TQ89]

Asian crowds in general are pathetic..

Agreed. Treat everything as life or death & have unrealistic notions about defeat/victory.

 

[Haroon786]

I am not putting any biased view - just listing incidents. And, I have not listed personal abuses of Indian players/Captain considering the rivalry.

Last 8/9 years, PAK crowd means UAE crowd, which is a mix bag - half come to watch Afridi. Last time a team toured PAK was SAF when Kali's scored a pair of hundreds at Karachi - you will not be so bullish if you could see the "sporting appreciation" for him in that match.

You are so true - apart from SRL, South Asian crowd is not saint anywhere, but at least I appreciate the Indians here that they are accepting their weakness & not pointing to others.

What I mean is that incidents happen everywhere, I don't think any particular nation is a doodh ka dhula and I just didn't appreciate that you were singling out Pakistani crowds, most of which incidents happened over 20 years back.

I accept that Pakistani crowds are not completely sporting, but they do acknowledge the opposition.

Btw, apologies if some of my language was strong, at my age this is natural but I try my best to curb any anger within.

 

[Sherlock]

This is why I love the English fans. SA/WI fans aren't far behind. WI have very knowledgeable fan base, especially when things aren't going their way

 

[LegendAli]

We're talking about the same fans the cried when Bangladesh lost in the Final of an ASIA CUP game, lol.

Do you honestly expect them to be supporting? Seriously.

 

[MMHS]

What I mean is that incidents happen everywhere, I don't think any particular nation is a doodh ka dhula and I just didn't appreciate that you were singling out Pakistani crowds, most of which incidents happened over 20 years back.

I accept that Pakistani crowds are not completely sporting, but they do acknowledge the opposition.

Btw, apologies if some of my language was strong, at my age this is natural but I try my best to curb any anger within.

We played a damn fool game yesterday, for that I'll be the first one to bash the team. But, it's uncalled for to bring the crowd behavior on that day, which was shell shocked.

Any way, I don't think there was anything in your words for that you need to be apologist - it happens.

 

[MMHS]

We're talking about the same fans the cried when Bangladesh lost in the Final of an ASIA CUP game, lol.

Do you honestly expect them to be supporting? Seriously.

Stupid comment & I'll drag this again. What's wrong if the crowd cries out of their broken expectation? At Lahore 1987, entire Stadium went to silence & lot of them cried when PAK lost the WC SF to AUS.

LoL, do you honestly expect them to be supporting? Seriously.

 

[Haroon786]

We played a damn fool game yesterday, for that I'll be the first one to bash the team. But, it's uncalled for to bring the crowd behavior on that day, which was shell shocked.

Any way, I don't think there was anything in your words for that you need to be apologist - it happens.

The game was in Bangladesh's bag, a couple of loose overs from England and that game was gone, probably one of the closest ODIs in recent memory in terms of the finish.

Hope there's an equally riveting match tomorrow.

 

[MMHS]

This is why I love the English fans. SA/WI fans aren't far behind. WI have very knowledgeable fan base, especially when things aren't going their way

They don't bother any more. In 70s & 80s, situation was different.

 

[Haroon786]

We're talking about the same fans the cried when Bangladesh lost in the Final of an ASIA CUP game, lol.

Do you honestly expect them to be supporting? Seriously.

When something means so much to you and you end up being on the wrong side of it, you will be devastated.

I cried after the 2011 WC SF for a few seconds and I'm sure a ton of Pakistani fans did so too.

 

[MMHS]

What are you saying dude? When Rajesh Chauhan hit Saqlain for a six, the entire NSK crowd went quiet. It happens everywhere. I would refrain from making blanket statements like Country A's crowd is more sporting than country B. Overall I believe Asian crowds are far more passionate than western crowds and take a loss to heart. I believe, by the time they recover from the shock the moment is past for them to appreciate.

That's only in cricket as they hardly bother for this game any more.

Just watch what the Football fans do even in western world (In Latin America, several suicides after Brazil or Argentina is out of WC !!!!!!!!). Cricket is a dying game in western world, hardly anyone bothers for it any more. In 80s, WI crowd used to come previous night so that they can occupy the tallest tree around the stadium !!!!

Last week, I was watching the Ryder Cup - it's USA vs Europe. Still the body language of the players & crowd was like war zone. The singles match between Patrick Reed & Macl'roy is one of the most intense & emotional battle that I have seen in many, many years - and it's a game of Golf.

What goes before, during & after a Liverpool-ManU or Real - Barca or Milan Derby - compared to that, Asian cricket crowds are like Santa.

I am not sure how old you are - Germany & Argentina had some bitter revelry in football in early 90s - try to watch some Steffi-Sabatini match from that era ............. that US Open Final of 1990 ...........

 

[EliteCynical]

That's only in cricket as they hardly bother for this game any more.

Just watch what the Football fans do even in western world (In Latin America, several suicides after Brazil or Argentina is out of WC !!!!!!!!). Cricket is a dying game in western world, hardly anyone bothers for it any more. In 80s, WI crowd used to come previous night so that they can occupy the tallest tree around the stadium !!!!

Last week, I was watching the Ryder Cup - it's USA vs Europe. Still the body language of the players & crowd was like war zone. The singles match between Patrick Reed & Macl'roy is one of the most intense & emotional battle that I have seen in many, many years - and it's a game of Golf.

What goes before, during & after a Liverpool-ManU or Real - Barca or Milan Derby - compared to that, Asian cricket crowds are like Santa.

I am not sure how old you are - Germany & Argentina had some bitter revelry in football in early 90s - try to watch some Steffi-Sabatini match from that era ............. that US Open Final of 1990 ...........

Yes, I meant passionate about the game of cricket and not anything else (having asked the previous poster not to make blanket statements, I wouldn't make one myself). I am old enough to remember the games that you are talking about and totally understand what you're saying. Why go back to 90's, just look at the last WC SF between Brazil and Germany.

What more can you say about south Americans and football that once a Columbian player was shot dead by one of his own countrymen upon arrival for what? Scoring an own goal.

Having said that, I also think we shouldn't be comparing other sports with cricket because of the scale and what is at stake. At the end of the day, a sportsman, apart from playing for his County or club, also plays to entertain and every entertainer needs recognition and applause to feel motivated.

 

[LegendAli]

Stupid comment & I'll drag this again. What's wrong if the crowd cries out of their broken expectation? At Lahore 1987, entire Stadium went to silence & lot of them cried when PAK lost the WC SF to AUS.

LoL, do you honestly expect them to be supporting? Seriously.

When something means so much to you and you end up being on the wrong side of it, you will be devastated.

I cried after the 2011 WC SF for a few seconds and I'm sure a ton of Pakistani fans did so too.

and that is exactly why ASIA CUP was in capitals in my post, big difference between that and World Cup, try again.

 

[Haroon786]

and that is exactly why ASIA CUP was in capitals in my post, big difference between that and World Cup, try again.

Doesn't matter if it's AC or WC, this was potentially Bangladesh's first trophy and they lost.

You may not know this, MMHS mentioned this, in 1987 when Pakistan lost in the WC SF to Australia such was the shock in Pakistan that the following day the streets were empty.

 

[MMHS]

and that is exactly why ASIA CUP was in capitals in my post, big difference between that and World Cup, try again.

Doesn't matter - that was first ever any Final for BD crowd. You have to think about perspectives - these days, PP posters are discussing when PAK can reach to No. 6 in ODI ranking - it might end up celebrating qualifying for WC against Afghans & Irish.

I hope, this'll stop you trying again.

 

[Sherlock]

They don't bother any more. In 70s & 80s, situation was different.

That's simply not true. Fans still attend matches. Being unsuccessful doesn't mean the lifelong fans diminish in numbers. In fact they may well have new fans with their Women's side winning the WC, as well as the under-19s side and the senior team retaining their T20 title.

I know which fan I'd rather be...

 

[kingusama92]

That's only in cricket as they hardly bother for this game any more.

Just watch what the Football fans do even in western world (In Latin America, several suicides after Brazil or Argentina is out of WC !!!!!!!!). Cricket is a dying game in western world, hardly anyone bothers for it any more. In 80s, WI crowd used to come previous night so that they can occupy the tallest tree around the stadium !!!!

Last week, I was watching the Ryder Cup - it's USA vs Europe. Still the body language of the players & crowd was like war zone. The singles match between Patrick Reed & Macl'roy is one of the most intense & emotional battle that I have seen in many, many years - and it's a game of Golf.

What goes before, during & after a Liverpool-ManU or Real - Barca or Milan Derby - compared to that, Asian cricket crowds are like Santa.

I am not sure how old you are - Germany & Argentina had some bitter revelry in football in early 90s - try to watch some Steffi-Sabatini match from that era ............. that US Open Final of 1990 ...........

Exactly.

It's odd to see crowds applaud the opposing team.

On a personal level, I'm a Leafs fan (NHL) and sitting their applauding the Habs (rivals) after a loss would be as stupid as it gets and I'm sure their fans would say the same too.

It's the whole "gentleman's game" nonsense people seem to get lost in with cricket. I don't agree with it.

 

[Varun]

Watching these ODIs in Bangladesh is pretty interesting.

It reminds me of games in India upto the mid-2000s, with a similar level of fervour and passion for the team.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Watching these ODIs in Bangladesh is pretty interesting.

It reminds me of games in India upto the mid-2000s, with a similar level of fervour and passion for the team.

Exactly.

 

[Executioner]

I want to add my view on this.

Its true our crowd is really unsporty. Having said that, our crowd does appreciate a 50 and ofcourse a 100 when an opposition batsman does score it.

Otherwise, its usually a lul when opposition is scoring boundaries or taking wickets. Lul when team is down and out as well. But I don't really understand why our crowd needs to be sporty. With winning a few more matches our crowds will be more appreciative of the opposition but for now, there is nothing to be bothered about.

Even in a few Indian matches in India, I saw similar scenarios. But I never looked down upon them because they have their right do whatever they wished to do. They bought ticket with hard earned money, travelled all the way from their home and fought through traffic jam to watch their favourite team perform.

I don't know about other countries, but here in Bangladesh finding a ticket to the stadium can be really difficult. Its like goldust at times. And to go the stadium one has to fight through painstakingly slow Dhaka traffic, walk a kilometer to get a seat, get roasted in the Sun.

 

[smasher1980]

The Bangladeshi crowd is a passionate lot who completely back their team..Emotions always run high when Bang is playing at home. I love to see passionate crowds. The crowds dont need to be sporting! Its the players in the middle who need to control their emotions and behave like professional cricketers. But recently, All Bang players seem to get over excited too easily and behave badly. mushfiqur Rahim's behaviour in that T20 world cup game comes to mind.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I want to add my view on this.

Its true our crowd is really unsporty. Having said that, our crowd does appreciate a 50 and ofcourse a 100 when an opposition batsman does score it.

Otherwise, its usually a lul when opposition is scoring boundaries or taking wickets. Lul when team is down and out as well. But I don't really understand why our crowd needs to be sporty. With winning a few more matches our crowds will be more appreciative of the opposition but for now, there is nothing to be bothered about.

Even in a few Indian matches in India, I saw similar scenarios. But I never looked down upon them because they have their right do whatever they wished to do. They bought ticket with hard earned money, travelled all the way from their home and fought through traffic jam to watch their favourite team perform.

I don't know about other countries, but here in Bangladesh finding a ticket to the stadium can be really difficult. Its like goldust at times. And to go the stadium one has to fight through painstakingly slow Dhaka traffic, walk a kilometer to get a seat, get roasted in the Sun.

Not sure why are you giving explanations for this and to whom? Thread was started by a so called indian supporter. May be he should have watched indian crowd of 90s before calling out bangladeshis. I think currently bangladesh has the most passionate fans. So what if they are unsporty? Atleast they are attending all the matches and are behind their team. Its better than empty stadiums which we are seeing these days due to overdose of tamasha cricket happening in some cities.

 

[MenInG]

Opening batsman Rohit Sharma has said that Bangladesh is the only place in the world where the Indian side does not get any kind of support. Rohit was doing a Facebook live chat with Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and it was then that the former complimented Bangladesh on transforming themselves as a cricketing giant. "India and Bangladesh have passionate cricket fans, when we make mistakes, we are criticised from all corners, I know it is similar in Bangladesh, I know how passionate fans can get in Bangladesh, when we come to the ground to play the match, it is unbelievable, India is not used to playing without any sort of crowd support, Bangladesh is the only place where we do not get any support," Rohit told Tamim.

"We get support wherever we go, Bangladesh is the only place where we do not get any support, I know Bangladesh fans really get behind you, this is a totally different Bangladesh side now, you have a sense of eagerness in your team now, everybody says that, we have seen with your performances during the 2019 World Cup as well," he added.

Rohit enjoys a stellar run against Bangladesh in the ICC tournaments.

The Indian opening batsman managed to score centuries against Bangladesh in the ICC 50-over World Cup 2015, Champions Trophy 2017, and ICC World Cup 2019.

These knocks by Rohit enabled India to ease past Bangladesh in the ICC knock-out stage matches.

India and Bangladesh have managed to form an intense rivalry in cricket over the last few years and the fans have been subjected to some exciting moments.

Even the U-19 World Cup final between India and Bangladesh earlier this year was an intense affair as members of both sides even clashed in an on-field scuffle after the match ended.

Bangladesh went on to defeat India in the finals of the U-19 World Cup to win the tournament for the first time.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/roh...ny-crowd-support-2229869?pfrom=home-sshowcase

 

[sweep_shot]

Bangladeshi crowd can get quiet but they don't disrupt games. There is no incident like bottle throwing.

At the end of the day, crowds pay money to watch and they can do whatever they want (as long as they stay within legal boundaries).

Sportsmanship is subjective.

 

[sshakir411]

Opening batsman Rohit Sharma has said that Bangladesh is the only place in the world where the Indian side does not get any kind of support. Rohit was doing a Facebook live chat with Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and it was then that the former complimented Bangladesh on transforming themselves as a cricketing giant. "India and Bangladesh have passionate cricket fans, when we make mistakes, we are criticised from all corners, I know it is similar in Bangladesh, I know how passionate fans can get in Bangladesh, when we come to the ground to play the match, it is unbelievable, India is not used to playing without any sort of crowd support, Bangladesh is the only place where we do not get any support," Rohit told Tamim.

"We get support wherever we go, Bangladesh is the only place where we do not get any support, I know Bangladesh fans really get behind you, this is a totally different Bangladesh side now, you have a sense of eagerness in your team now, everybody says that, we have seen with your performances during the 2019 World Cup as well," he added.

Rohit enjoys a stellar run against Bangladesh in the ICC tournaments.

The Indian opening batsman managed to score centuries against Bangladesh in the ICC 50-over World Cup 2015, Champions Trophy 2017, and ICC World Cup 2019.

These knocks by Rohit enabled India to ease past Bangladesh in the ICC knock-out stage matches.

India and Bangladesh have managed to form an intense rivalry in cricket over the last few years and the fans have been subjected to some exciting moments.

Even the U-19 World Cup final between India and Bangladesh earlier this year was an intense affair as members of both sides even clashed in an on-field scuffle after the match ended.

Bangladesh went on to defeat India in the finals of the U-19 World Cup to win the tournament for the first time.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/roh...ny-crowd-support-2229869?pfrom=home-sshowcase

Lol stupid comments coming from a player of a country where the entire stadium goes in to pin drop silence when the home team loses a wicket or is losing. Indians should be the last friggin ppl to talk about unsupportive crowds. If anything there’s no crowd as horrible as the Indians...

 

[Hitman]

Lol stupid comments coming from a player of a country where the entire stadium goes in to pin drop silence when the home team loses a wicket or is losing. Indians should be the last friggin ppl to talk about unsupportive crowds. If anything there’s no crowd as horrible as the Indians...

You expect Indian fans to cheer when their team loses a wicket?

 

[Rajdeep]

Lol stupid comments coming from a player of a country where the entire stadium goes in to pin drop silence when the home team loses a wicket or is losing. Indians should be the last friggin ppl to talk about unsupportive crowds. If anything there’s no crowd as horrible as the Indians...

No where did Rohit said anything bad about BD crowd. All he said is team India is always used to play on grounds where majority supports them except in BD. Nowhere did he complain or said anything bad about BD crowd.

 

[MenInG]

No where did Rohit said anything bad about BD crowd. All he said is team India is always used to play on grounds where majority supports them except in BD. Nowhere did he complain or said anything bad about BD crowd.

He implied that they are unsporting.

 

[Executioner]

Indian and BD crowds are unsporty when their teams are playing. It's a fact but it's not a terrible thing. It's a cricketing convention that you need to clap if the other team takes a wicket or scores a six etc. Unfair for me. I mean would you expect Barcelona fans to clap when RM scores a goal against their team?

However, people in Bangladesh and India often flood the stadiums to watch neutral games. That is "sporty" Enough for me. Cricket does not need "sporty" fans, we need a large number of die-hard cricket fans. Globalize the game, put it in the Olympics, encourage women to follow and/or play cricket.

 

[Kianig89]

Bounded rationality at one stage Bdesh record in ODI against a certain side was
P 32 W 1 D 0 L 31

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Unpopular opinion but I don't think home-crowds should be 'sporting'. This is a completely English precondition. They should be partisan and wholly in favor of the home side. I mean that is the whole idea behind having a home-advantage.

And atm only India and Bangladesh have crowds that are almost completely partisan. Whereas, it should be the case everywhere.