A Bangladeshi cricketer who narrowly escaped last week’s deadly mosque attacks in New Zealand married his fiancee on Friday.
Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan was among 17 members of the Bangladesh Test cricket team touring New Zealand who were driven up to a Christchurch mosque as the shooting began.
They later watched as blood-soaked victims staggered from the building, according to team manager Khaled Mashud, who said if they had arrived just a few minutes later the team could have been caught up in the massacre.
Wishing Mehidy Hasan Miraz and his wife a very happy married life ahead. pic.twitter.com/Dd8j0Anc5X
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Mehidy announced that he had married his long-term sweetheart Rabeya Akhter Priti on Thursday in a ceremony in the south-western Bangladeshi city of Khulna.
“I am starting a new journey in my life today. I would like to request the blessings of all my fans and well wishers for my new beginning. May the Rahmat of Allah always shower upon us,” Mehidy said in his official Facebook page.
The team was in Christchurch for their third and final Test match against the home side scheduled to begin last Saturday, which was promptly cancelled to allow the cricketers to return