Shoaib Ali Bukhari can shout all day, in the heat, and not have a care
in the world about where the next meal will come from or whether there
will be a bed to sleep on. Sounds like just another crazy cricket fan
that we have all encountered in life - or have been ourselves. But even
by Bangladesh standards, he stands out for his willingness to go that
extra mile - literally.
He is in Sri Lanka now, supporting his favourite team, and he has just
watched nine days of his favourite kind of cricket - Tests. On the day
we met, Shoaib was screaming his lungs out as the Bangladesh batsmen
fought to stay alive in the second Test in Colombo. As the batsmen
walked back for the tea break, he cried out the name of every player
that walked into the dressing room. From one of the higher stands,
someone tried to compete with his vocal strength. That man laughed and
gave up after three tries of "Shabash Sri
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