Bangladesh’s head coach urges his players to stay away from social media

Bangladesh’s head coach, Phil Simmons, has warned his players to avoid social media following an incident at Dhaka airport,

Where some national team cricketers were harassed by supporters upon their return from the UAE.

The team, coming off a mixed trip against Afghanistan in which they swept the T20I series 3-0 but lost the ODIs by the same tally, did not receive a warm greeting from their fans. Mohammad Naim, one of the players targeted at the airport, responded to the criticism with a social media post.

Simmons addressed the problem prior of the ODI series against the West Indies, asking his players not to engage on social media. Simmons also criticized the racial abuse aimed at wicketkeeper-batsman Jaker Ali, which was witnessed both on the field and online.

“Okay. I’m glad you brought it up because, first of all, I don’t agree with players having anything to do with social media. It is your right as a person to be on social media, to say what you want on social media. But as an international player, as a national player for Bangladesh, my players should not be on there. I would say one thing, it is not nice to bring racial tones into anything to do with players. I don’t care where you’re from, the racial part of it against Jaker Ali I am disgusted with. That’s not nice. But I don’t want my players answering anything on social media.