Support the national team
It is a shocking fact that 32 years of independence have passed, still many of us show the lack of true spirit of nationalism, particularly in the field of sports. In the cricket circuit we see that about 50% Bangladeshi fans support the Indian cricket team and the rest are crazy about Pakistanis. In many cases our people fight both physically and verbally among themselves for these two teams. There would have been nothing wrong if these teams were supported for their performance only .
But the basic psychology behind supporting Indian team is that India helped Bangladesh win the liberation war. On the other hand, religion is the basis of supporting Pakistani team. Both reasons are sensitive, not acceptable at all for supporting any team as politics and religion must be de-linked from sports.
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