Players fall sick as Bangladesh side face horrifying sea voyage in the Caribbean

The Bangladesh cricket team faced a horrific sea journey from Saint Lucia to Dominica via Martinique.

Most of the players fell sick on the ferry and now they will get only one day to recover from this before appearing in the 1st T20I against West Indies.

The bigger challenge for cricketers was to survive the ferry journey than the West Indies tour. The ferry from Pearl Express started its journey from St Lucia at 7:00 am on Wednesday. From the beginning, the Bangladesh cricketers were worried as they hadn’t gone for a 5-6 hous long sea journey before.

After the ferry sailed off, the cricketers looked chilled. They took selfies on the deck but after a certain moment, the situation started to become worse. Rough waves started to swing the ferry with its flow. The cricketers were not habituated to the situation at all. 

While crossing the dolphin channel, the situation got the worst and the fierce waves were felt the most. Bangladesh players started to feel motion sickness.

Everyone got utterly exhausted after the journey from St Lucia to Martinique. The worst affected were pacer Shoriful Islam, wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan, and manager Nafees Iqbal. Two of them recovered after some time but Nurul fell sick again and vomited multiple times as well. 

One cricketer said, “We are the ones who can fall sick and die here, us, nothing will happen to them.” One of the team’s senior cricketers said, “I have toured many countries, this is the first time I am experiencing something like this. None of us are used to this. Forget about playing, what will happen if one of us gets seriously ill in the ferry. This is the worst tour of my life.”