By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DELHI
As the West Indies flew out of Dhaka yesterday, their transport swept past a small group of fans carrying placards proclaiming “Sorry WI” and “We love you, WI”.
It was contrition from diehards in the cricket-obsessed country for the widely publicised stoning of the West Indies’ team bus following their embarrassing thrashing of Bangladesh in the heart of the home team’s capital city in a key World Cup match the day before.
One young man held a large bunch of flowers but he never got close enough to the intended recipients to present it. Perhaps he will return when they are likely to do for one of the two quarter-finals scheduled for Dhaka at the end of the month.
For the time being, they had a plane to catch on the way