Akbar played with loss of sister pain
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh under 19 world cup captain Akber Ali has played the most important games of the world cup with the tragic loss of losing his sister.
Akbar sister has died giving birth to twin sister during the under 19 world cup and his family has kept that a secret to him but Akbar found out about the incident through other sources.
After the washout of the Pakistan game in the group stage, Akber has called his brother and wanted to know why they did not tell him about the loss of his sister and Akbar father Mohammed Mostafa cried during that time.
Akber has played the last three important matches of the tournament with the pain of the loss of his sister. The whole team was also emotional with the tragic loss of their captain sister's death and gave him lot of support during that time.
There is mixed emotions of joy and grief in Akbar home town in Rangpur. Though their son has won the historic world cup, they are very sad about losing their only daughter. Akbar father Mohammed Mostafa told a leading newspaper.
‘’We lost our only daughter one day before the Pakistan match. we have only one daughter among four brothers. As he was the youngest son he was his sister's favorite. We did not want to give the dead news to Akbar, but he got the news through somebody. After the Pakistan match he asked one of his brothers why they did not tell him about his sister death news.i did not have the courage to talk with him ‘’said Mostafa.
In the final Akbar played with the most responsible innings for his country and won Bangladesh their maiden under 19 world cup trophy
