Teenage Bangladesh cricketer beaten to death with a stump

A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted the umpire over a no-ball delivery, police said on Thursday.

Sixteen-year-old Babul Shikdar was wicketkeeping during a neighbourhood match with friends in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday when the batsman was given out, local police chief Bhuiyan Mahboob Hasan said.

Shikdar suggested that the umpire might again favour the batsman, by declaring the bowler’s delivery a no-ball, allowing him to remain at the crease after the umpire made the same ruling off the previous ball.

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The police chief had said that the batsman hit Shikdar with the stumps on the back of his head and he died on the way to the clinic.

“It enraged the batsman who picked up a stump and hit Shikdar on the back of his head. He collapsed on the field and died on the way to a clinic,” Mahboob Hasan told the AFP.

Police is now searching for the boy who fled the scene. He is missing after the incident and is yet to be found.

Recently, yet another on-field massacre took place in Bangladesh as during a Dhaka Premier League 2016 match, umpire Nadir Shah was hit on the head during a match at the Fatullah Stadium between Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) and Kalabagan Cricket Club (KCC).

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