The win against Pakistan spoke loudly in the cricketing globe about the capacity of this cricket-frenzy nation that helped Bangladesh gain Test statusExactly 21 years ago on this day, Bangladesh stunned the whole cricketing world with a shocking win against tournament favorite Pakistan in 1999 World Cup. It was Tigers’ first ever World Cup campaign and they finished the tournament with two wins in group stages. The win against Scotland was expected considering the cricketing strength between the two teams back then, but the win against Pakistan created one of the fairy tales in the cricketing folklore. But for the players, playing in a World Cup stage against mighty teams was definitely something special. That changed the sporting landscape of the country and firmly put cricket as the premier game of the nation.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 30, 2020 18:22 UTC