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India-Bangladesh cricketers do not shake hands at toss
Tensions have emerged in political and cricketing relations between India and Bangladesh following the exclusion of Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL. As part of this strain, Bangladesh remains firm on its decision not to travel to India to play the T20 World Cup. Amid this heated situation, the youth teams of the two countries faced each other in Bulawayo on Saturday. Even before play began, controversy arose when players from the two teams did not shake hands during the toss.
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