Careless Ramiz in the line of fire | Dhaka TribuneRamiz, who is part of the commentary team of the Star Sports network covering the ongoing 2015 ICC World Cup, openly offended Bangladesh as a country as well as its cricket team several times during their Pool A opener against Afghanistan last Wednesday at Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Those who watched the game between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, it was clearly evident for all to see that the 52-year old commentator was favouring the Afghans from the very first delivery of the match. And as far as the Tigers are concerned, they were on the receiving end of some unfair and baseless hostility.
Ramiz started out by mocking the nicknames of the Bangladesh cricketers. The former skipper also made ill comments regarding the traffic system of Bangladesh. Ramiz went as far as to question the role played by the Bangladesh Cricket Board towards the development of cricket in the country.
At times, his disparagement was bordering on the ridiculous. When seamer-allrounder Soumya Sarkar came on to bowl against the Afghans, Ramiz referred to him as “Sumaiya Sarkar” - a mistake which is really unbecoming of a top commentator. Not only that, he is probably the only commentator in the world who calls Shakib al Hasan “Sakibul”. Not known for toning down, Ramiz also refers to every Bangladesh cricketer with the name Rahman as “Rehman”.
It is no surprise therefore that the Bangladesh fans are calling for his head as they want him banned from commentating in any match involving the Tigers. Effigies of the former Pakistan captain have already been burned in several parts of Bangladesh. And in Facebook and Twitter, activists are running a campaign - #BanRamizRaja.
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