Not Pakistan
Ever since fears of an Australian pullout gripped the country, the average Bangladeshi was swept up in an avalanche of conspiracy theories.
So much so, the ongoing tour by their women’s team to Pakistan has also been cited as a trigger point.
According to this theory, the so-called “Big 3” of world cricket – India, Australia and England – was against the tour, and had in fact pressured their board to kill the tour.
When that did not happen, Australia retaliated by jumping ship.
“It is a conspiracy,” wrote one Rony Takukdar in the readers’ comments section of Prothom Alo, a leading Bengali paper.
Arguing that the security situation in Bangladesh was not as bad as elsewhere, one Rezaul Karim said: “Remember, we are not Pakistan.”
Seconding him was one NK Rubel, who said defiantly: “no need to come...there are many country who want to play with us anytime... remember that we are not Pakistan.”
“Not Pakistan” was a line that found favour with most people, with Saleh Ahmed saying, “1000% we are not Pakistan.”
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