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Former U19 cricketer Sajib commits suicide
DHAKA, Nov 16, 2020 (BSS)—Sajibul Islam Sajib, a former Bangladesh Under-19 player, committed suicide at his home in Amgachhi village under Rajshahi’s Durgapur upazila on Saturday night, police confirmed.
Durgapur police station’s officer-in-charge Hashmot Ali told the reporters that they recovered the dead body from the player’s room on Sunday. Quoting his family members, police said Sajib committed suicide due to the frustration of not being included in the upcoming Bangabandhu T20 Cup.
“He locked himself in the room without taking his dinner from Saturday night. In the next morning, his father wake up and saw through the window that his body is hanging from the ceiling. Upon receiving the news, we rushed to the spot, broke the door open and took down the dead boy,” Hashmot said.
“His family members told us that he was very frustrated of not being included in the players’ list for Bangabandhu T20 Cup… He told people around him that he would play the tournament but eventually he did not get a chance,” the police official added.
A right-hand opening batsman Sajib last played competitive cricket in the 2017-18 Dhaka Premier League (DPL) for Shinepukur Cricket Club.
He also played three Youth ODIs for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in 2017, and was among the standby players for the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.
Khaled Mahmud, the BCB director who is also the head coach of Bangla Trac Academy in Rajshahi where Sajib started training, remembered him as a talented cricketer.
“I am feeling extremely sad by hearing the news. He was an opening batsman who bowled medium-pace, and he played for Shinepukur Cricket Club,” Mahmud said.
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