Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 1979–80

The Pakistan national Team, led by Asif Iqbal, came to Bangladesh for a short tour in January, 1980, in the middle of their long tour of India. Two matches were scheduled, a two day match at Chittagong. followed by a 3-Day fixture at Dacca. Unortunately, trouble broke out during the Tea break in the second day of the match at Chittagong, and the remainder of the tour was abandoned.

Scores in brief

Date	Match	Venue			Result
Jan 2-3	2-Day Match	Chittagong	Pakistan: 179/5 (Decl.) (Mudassar Nazar 77, Sadiq Mohammad 35, Majid Khan 21, Yousuf Rahman 2/38) & 138/3 (Decl)( Talat Mirza 43, Mohsin Khan 34)	BCCB 114 (Yousuf Rahman 28, Raqibul Hasan 16, Rafiqul Alam 16, Shafiq-ul-Haq 16, Abdul Qadir 5/49, Majid Khan 2/4, Iqbal Qasim 2/24) & 65/3 (Yousuf Rahman 17, Iqbal Qasim 2/22)	Match Abandoned
Jan 5-7	3-Day Match	Dhaka	-	-	Match Abandoned

Unfortunate incident

A section of the crowd entered the ground immediately after the tea break on the second day attacking the Pak players. They were angry over the alleged remarks by some Pak cricketers about the independence of Bangladesh. It is still impossible to verify the truth of the allegation. But the match was instantly called off, and consequently the 3-Day match at Dhaka was cancelled. This was a big disappointment for the Dhaka crowd, as more than 30,000 tickets were already sold.

Uneasy relations

As the tourists left to restart their tour of India, the cricketing relationship between Bangladesh and Pakistan reached a new low. A tour of Pakistan by the Bangladesh team, scheduled for the following month was promptly cancelled. Though, Mushtaq Mohammad led a PIA side in Feb. 1984, it was really the tour of the Omar Quareshi XI, (led by Imran Khan), in Jan 1986, that eventually normalized the relationship. A Bangladeshi team, led by Gazi Ashraf toured Pakistan in March, and the two teams met on their first official ODI on 31 March, in the 2nd Asia Cup. ^[1]

References

↑ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November, 1994.

International cricket tours of Bangladesh

Test and LOI tours

Australia	2005–06 2011 2015–16

England	2003–04 2009–10 2016–17

India	2000–01 2004–05 2007 2009–10 2014 2015

New Zealand	2004–05 2008–09 2010–11 2013–14 2019–20

Pakistan	2001–02 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19

South Africa	2003 2007–08 2015

Sri Lanka	2005–06 2008–09 2013–14 2014–15 2017–18 2019–20

West Indies	1999–2000 2002–03 2011–12 2012–13 2018–19

Zimbabwe	2001–02 2004–05 2006–07 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1988 1998–99 1998–99 1998–99 2000 2003 2008–09 2011 2012 2014 2014

Other tours

Bahraini	2009–10

Danish	1989–90

English	1976–77 1978–79 1980–81 1995–96 1999–2000

Hong Kong	1983–84 1994–95

Irish	2007–08

Kenyan	1994–95 2005–06

Multi-national	1961–62

Pakistani	1979–80 1993–94

Scottish	2006–07

Sri Lankan	1977–78 1984–85

United Arab Emirates	2005–06

Zimbabwean	1993–94 2014–15