Bangla Talk Show *Gonotontro Akhon" || গনতন্ত্র এখন

Tigers out, but not down: Bangladesh's ICC World Cup campaign ended with a 109–run defeat in the quarterfinals at the hands of India at Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Riding on opener Rohit Sharma's brilliant 126-ball 137, helped by a favourable decision from umpire Aleem Dar, the defending champions sailed into the semifinals in a much-hyped match following the Tigers' impressive run in the tournament. Bangladesh's dream run ended in a forlorn way and left many searching for answers to why the Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led team suddenly lost their composure and why they so meekly surrendered the chase of 303; especially as their batting was nowhere near the level of their previous performances which ultimately saw them suffer a heavy defeat. Perhaps it was the nerves of competing in their first knockout match on the World stage. But the controversies which for sure will continue for many more days was whether an umpiring error helped Rohit to score his first World Cup hundred and denied the Tigers from seizing momentum at a crucial stage or whether inform Mahmudullah Riyad was a bit unlucky when he was given out in dubious circumstances.