To rub insult to injury, here are some facts-
- Cricket is the 3rd most popular sport in Australia after Australian rules football and rugby (it's predicted to be overtaken by soccer soon). 3rd most popular in South Africa too after Rugby and soccer.
- 2nd most popular sport in England, The Carribbean and New Zealand.
- Bangladesh is the largest country by population to never have won a single Olympic medal.
This shows there are fundamental issues in sporting infrastructure and talent pipelines in Bangladesh, which prevents us from finding talented athletes. This is what happens when everyone gives their kids 3 career options - doctor, engineer or BCS cadre and then go on to think why our cricket team is so ****.
A lot of talents in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka comes from school level cricket, the likes of Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, whereas for us it's exclusively from BKSP, a pure sporting institution. Virat Kohli didn't study full time at a sporting institution, he just went to a regular public school in Delhi while going to a cricket academy.
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