Liton faces controversy over sacrificing victory on BCB’s orders

Sports Desk

Bangladesh was losing in a row on the Sri Lanka tour. The situation was the same in the previous series. However, they returned to their forehead in the T20 series. They won the series by defeating the Sri Lankans. After this victory, Liton Das dedicated the victory to those killed in the July 2024 movement in the press conference. He could not find the words to say the word dedication, he was a little unprepared. The captain of the T20 team has come under criticism after such a controversial dedication, which followed the instructions of the BCB.

On July 16, when the Litons were playing against Sri Lanka in Colombo, the Bangladesh army opened fire on civilians in Gopalganj on behalf of the NCP party. At least four people were killed in their firing. In this situation, Liton recalled the July movement a year ago. The question arises why Liton did not remember those killed in Gopalganj?

Sources say that Liton was forced to say this on the instructions of the BCB. However, there is discomfort within the BCB about this. Some of the responsible people do not understand why politics is being unnecessarily brought into the game. However, the BCB could not disobey the instructions of the Sports Ministry. A BCB director, who did not want to be named, said, “You don’t understand, how much we have to do now. We have nothing in our hands.”

People did not take the news of Liton’s sacrifice lightly. When the state forces were attacking on the same day, the question arose about who the July martyrs really were, this year’s or just the previous year’s. A fan named Rafiul Hasan Naeem said, ‘Oh Liton, have you gotten into cheap political business? Damn it.’

Another person named Suman, a resident of Gopalganj, wrote, ‘Deepto Pal, who was killed in the army firing today, was a fan of Liton. Did Liton remember Deepto? Who is the martyr of July? People died in July this year too.’

Another person named Saiful wrote, ‘You often lose, you fail regularly. When you win, you get so much. What happens when you lose? Wouldn’t it work if you didn’t bring politics into the game? People from all parties watch your game.’