The Bangladesh cricket team has dedicated the historic win over England in the ICC World Cup Cricket to the 1971 freedom fighters.
“It’s all for the freedom fighters of Bangladesh!” – Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, captain of Bangladesh team said at the award ceremony after the victory in Adelaide Oval of Australia on Monday.
Tigers stormed into the quarterfinals of the World Cup, beating England by 15 runs in a breathtaking match.
Bangladesh scored 275 grace to a magnificent century of Mahmudullah, the first ever century for a Bangladeshi in a World Cup match.
England crumbled under the attacking bowling of skipper Mortaza, Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.