Why support Pakistan team?
I went to watch the Bangladesh-Pakistan T-20 match at Mirpur stadium on 29th November. As usual, the spectators were inspiring the BD team from the gallery by waving flags, showing posters of Shakib and Tamim, displaying placards with inspiring words and cheering when the Pakistan wickets were falling down. But I noticed that a few Bangladeshis were supporting the Pakistan team! They were waving Pakistani flags, drawing Pakistani flags on their cheeks and cheering at their success.
After the match, when I was returning to the campus by bus, I found two such spectators in the bus who were Bangladeshis but wrapped their bodies with Pakistani flags, 'Afridi' was written on their chest. I protested their shameless behaviour and they told me that it was their 'personal matter.' Could it be a personal matter? I was very upset at the defeat of our team and also stunned at the shameless disregard of a few Bangladeshis towards our country. Is there any logic in supporting another team when our own team is playing against them?
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