BD High Performance squad to play against Pak High Performance squad in Pakistan [Update # 260]

[cricketjoshila]

Minor correction, the players stayed for a night at the hotel.

You sure?I read that they flew in during the day and then flew out the same night.Foreign players that is.Except Anamul.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Pakistan fans need to get their emotions under control and think rationally, the fact is that PCB is not doing itself any favors advertising the so-called "invitations" and then getting rejected. Any sane board will do this in private until a decision from other side is made. If your ego's are hurt because a country with over inflated views of itself (in your view) rejects the invitation , then dont put yourself in a position where you publicly get rejected. Anger should be directed at PCB not BCB.

Having said this, Bangla fans usual over the top self grandising views dont help, if anyone thinks politics is not a factor in this, they kidding themselves. Just remember, the scourge of terrorism can strike anywhere god forbid, BD as a nation has the same core element that plagues other muslim nations, not too long ago BCB was facing down the same barrell, just because it turned out differently, it doesnt mean that a few years down the road BD will not be facing same problems.

On a personal note, under no circumstance should pakistan play in BD ( due to home advantage to BD). Infact if UAE is too expensive, postpone the series altogether in cricketing terms there is no upside in playing BD.

BD is unique vis a vis other muslim countries. We are pretty much the only muslim country that doesn't share a border with another muslim country. That means the instability from other muslim countries won't spill across our border in the form of refugees, etc. Yes, we have a slight issue with the Rohingya refugees but the Burmese are doing a pretty good job of massacring most of them on their own. Apart from the Indian support of Shanti bahini, we havent had any foreign elements supporting terrorism inside Bangladesh either.

Secondly, one-off incidents will occur anywhere. In that vein, forget about Pakistan, Bangladesh is safer than Belgium, France, UK, or Italy. Thank God for that. But in Pakistan scores of people die every week whereas in bangladesh its 10 people every 5 years. The math doesn't even compare.

Thirdly, India/RAW will not just stand by idly and let us fall into the clutches of jihadists only to become a 2nd pakistan on the other side.

I fully expect the Aussies to still come up with a BS reason for not touring, but the fact that we have been incident free since last summer is proof that BD is a safe place for anyone to tour.

 

[Harpoon]

Finally some common sense from PCB & Shahriar - thank God that quickly he realized, those legal or boycott "threats" won't work much. PCB has to work with every board to maximize it's benefit & represent PAK cricket as a mature cricket country. These sort of hollow statement only makes them a laughing stock at global forum. "Bangladesh is agreeable to send its high performance team to Pakistan, which is a big step," said Khan - this is a big step in building positive relationship, for further progression in future (hope Khan doesn't go for his usual U-turn couple of days later

Both PCB & BCB can make lot more money for a Series in SRL or even in BD with a revenue sharing model. Besides, BD HP team is almost the next batch of National team - it'll be great exposure for the boys from both sides. I can only fell pity for the ignorance for those who think some day labors under the cover of HP team will sneak into PAK's massive job market as if like they do during Olympics ..... stay blessed - Pakistan, it's still a bit behind USA, EU or Canada or Australia). An extended Series in BD or a short trip in SRL is the perfect solution for the time being.

Regarding the value of life for Women or HP team; I think, it'll be a bit foolish & immature to relate it to respective value of human life - few months back AUS Army team toured PAK, probably couple of years back another such English team as well; that doesn't mean that David Warner's life is more valuable than an Aussie soldier.

I hope maturity prevails in PP as well - it'll turn unpleasant in future for anyone who thinks themselves to be too smart - I understand, it's too easy to hide behind another user ID in PP, still..... PAK has to overcome the biggest obstacle in such situation - credibility. Only mature & constructive steps can take it out of that self created mess gradually - Presidential security by SSG & attack helicopters won't help much. Papon is an MP of ruling party (& son of previous president Zillur Rahman, one of founder leader of BD Awami League; his mother Ivy Rahman died in a bomb blast in 2002, at a public gathering, led by Hasina Wazed & Papon's father Zillur Rahman) - when they have agreed to send the HP team & play bilateral series outside FTP, it's only a matter of time that Bangladesh will tour PAK - only some show jumping at PCB end can spoil it.

Well said.
And may i just say thankyou to bangladesh and its supporters for stepping up and agreeing to send a team to pakistan. Bangladesh is leading from the front and taking charge by showing the light to other boards.
Proud of you guys and look forward to your team visiting us and hopefully, next time, it will be the national team.

 

[MMHS]

Well said.
And may i just say thankyou to bangladesh and its supporters for stepping up and agreeing to send a team to pakistan. Bangladesh is leading from the front and taking charge by showing the light to other boards.
Proud of you guys and look forward to your team visiting us and hopefully, next time, it will be the national team.

Thank you.

Personally, I do believe that if it was entirely at her hand, she would have burnt ....... but, BCB is a professional body - they need to balance their accounts, public sentiment, internal & external politics, as well as their position in ICC.

Shahriar despite being a seasoned diplomat played fool here. Even if Pro PAK Govt is in charge & PCB chairman threats with boycott & legal actions like - aaja, nahi to ...., then BCB has only one way to respond - nahi aaunga, aukad Hai to ....

Shahriar has a bad habit of egnighting fire works before barati comes; otherwise best thing is to get such deals done silently & later bring the jokers (read journalists) in comfort. ........ PP as well. Here cheerleaders are thinking beyond their level - boycott BD, NOC for BPL .... it would have ended in stop breathing wind that blows from east .......

Colour of money is always bright.

Thanks again.

 

[Borg]

BD is unique vis a vis other muslim countries. We are pretty much the only muslim country that doesn't share a border with another muslim country. That means the instability from other muslim countries won't spill across our border in the form of refugees, etc. Yes, we have a slight issue with the Rohingya refugees but the Burmese are doing a pretty good job of massacring most of them on their own. Apart from the Indian support of Shanti bahini, we havent had any foreign elements supporting terrorism inside Bangladesh either.

Secondly, one-off incidents will occur anywhere. In that vein, forget about Pakistan, Bangladesh is safer than Belgium, France, UK, or Italy. Thank God for that. But in Pakistan scores of people die every week whereas in bangladesh its 10 people every 5 years. The math doesn't even compare.

Thirdly, India/RAW will not just stand by idly and let us fall into the clutches of jihadists only to become a 2nd pakistan on the other side.

I fully expect the Aussies to still come up with a BS reason for not touring, but the fact that we have been incident free since last summer is proof that BD is a safe place for anyone to tour.

No disrespect, but Delusional thinking in my view if you think only external factors leads to terrorism,I dont have any interest in events in BD so i dont read any news from that part of world, but after reading your posts did a quick search on google news "bangladesh terrorism" and results seem to belie your claims. nonetheless, at a human level i hope you are right, plus this is a cricket forum so will leave it at that .

Also dont compare belgium/France to BD, from perspective of willingness of people to visit former vs later in event of terrorist event irrespective of volume.

 

[Shafi]

I don't know how good was SK in his earlier days but he is totally lost (May be age has something to do with it) when it comes to politics. How can he trust BCB's false promise? BCB can easily make a squad of 15 by picking people from the 3rd division/gali/mohallahs headed by 1 or 2 former International players to make PCB happy.

As a result PCB will send our main team to Bangladesh. Once tour finished BCB will make another excuse not to send their main team. And the drama will continue with similar script every couple of years.

 

[Pakpak]

You sure?I read that they flew in during the day and then flew out the same night.Foreign players that is.Except Anamul.

100% sure. They stayed at the PC hotel, there are pictures of that too and it mentions in the ICC report as well. The hotel was only available to them and closed off to the public.

 

[Executioner]

Before we judge anyone it is PCB who says that bangladesh will send their high performance side.

I haven't seen any confirmation from BCB yet and we know how PCB speaks without any real confirmation.

 

[Snak3eye5]

I feel that we should just count our blessings and just play Bangladesh wherever whether that’s in UAE, Bangladesh, Australia for all we care. The new lads in the team need to get experience and we can’t afford to be picky and need to put our ego in check. I feel our team is finally gelling together and we don't have the bad apples like Sharjeel or any other fixers and ttf's like Afridi pulling us down. We need to train for champions trophy and play whoever we can before that starts, rather than pick battles with every team to come play us in Pakistan. We’re that kid that no one wants to play with. And the only way to beat that is keep winning tournaments and building relationships.

Lastly there will allways be fewer incidents in Bangladesh as compared to Pakistan since Pakistan is a bigger country obviously and Bangladesh isn’t neighbouring with any places where hostages are pouring in by the dozen. And as some pointed out India won’t let Banlgadesh become another Pakistan and be another headache on its other side of the border. So its in Indias best interest to continue supporting Bangladesh and providing it with any support that it can..So I can see why Bangladesh will also keep this in mind and refuse to play Pakistan..

 

[BDfanforever]

How does BD touring Pak actually convince say Australia to tour Pak? I do not understand this logic. Say BD does tour Pak, do you think IND or Australia or Eng will still tour?

And why not invite BD to UAE? Do you think BD is worse than WI or Sri Lanka say at least from marketability perspective?

 

[BDfanforever]

No disrespect, but Delusional thinking in my view if you think only external factors leads to terrorism,I dont have any interest in events in BD so i dont read any news from that part of world, but after reading your posts did a quick search on google news "bangladesh terrorism" and results seem to belie your claims. nonetheless, at a human level i hope you are right, plus this is a cricket forum so will leave it at that .

Also dont compare belgium/France to BD, from perspective of willingness of people to visit former vs later in event of terrorist event irrespective of volume.

He is not comparing BD with say France/Belgium. Regardless, European economy is going down the spiral. Greece is like bankrupt.