Two Bangladesh cricket stars have married their fiancees after narrowly escaping the Christchurch mosque shooting last week. Mehedi Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman were part of the 17 squad members who were being driven up to the mosque in New Zealand as the incident unfolded. Off-spinner Mehedi married his long-term sweetheart Rabeya Akhter Priti on Thursday in a ceremony in the southwestern Bangladeshi city of Khulna. Fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman married his cousin after returning home from the tourPace bowler Rahman married his cousin, psychology student Samia Parvin Shimu at their home on Friday. Fifty people died in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch in what is believed to be the worst assault on Muslims in a Western country.

Source: Daily Mail March 22, 2019 15:31 UTC