Stay in the home to win the war: Mashrafe
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza may have stepped down as the captain of the Bangladesh ODI team earlier this month, however the inspirational cricketer, who's also an elected MP, is still doing his bit as a leader.
Mashrafe, under whose captaincy numerous young talents flourished and made a name for themselves in the Bangladesh team, has once more put his faith on the youth of the country, contacting them to take measures against coronavirus and exercise self-isolation by staying home to greatly help avoid the spread of the deadly virus.
The 36-year-old borrowed a verse from the famous poem 'Nishiddho Shompadokiyo' by the famous poet Helal Hafiz. However, in light of the current situation, Mashrafe slightly tweaked what of the poem while keeping the message of the poem intact.
The original two lines of the poem that Mashrafe borrowed, read: Ekhon joubon jar, michile jawar sreshtho somoy tar. Ekhon joubon jar, juddhe jawar sreshtho shomoy tar. Roughly translated, this means 'Now is best time for teenagers to visit the procession. Now could be the optimum time for a man to go to war'
But Mashrafe wrote on his official Facebook page: "Ekhon joubon jar, bashay thakar tar sreshtho somoy [It is the foremost time for the youth to remain at home]. Be safe. Be at home".
The inspirational leader asked the youth of the country to stay at home as that is now the ultimate way to fight this virus. It could possibly be a challenge for the enthusiastic youth of the united states to stay put in the home for days to come, but according to Mashrafe, it's the youth who have to take this challenge and win this war against this contagious virus.
