Watch: Earthquake occurred in live cricket match, players of Bangladesh and Ireland got scared, match was stopped!

In cricket, due to many reasons, the match has to be stopped forcibly, sometimes due to entry of any spectator, entry of some animal and mostly due to bad weather, the match has to be stopped. But in Bangladesh vs Ireland second test, the match had to be stopped due to earthquake. Let us tell you that on Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was felt in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The players also felt it, then everyone sat down on the ground. Although the cricket ground is open, there is less danger for the players. A video of this is also going viral on social media.

The epicenter of the earthquake was near Narsingdi in Bangladesh. The earthquake occurred at 10.8 am, when the third day’s play of Bangladesh vs Ireland second Test had just started. The earthquake occurred when Ireland’s score was 165 runs for 5 wickets after the 55th over. As soon as the tremors of the earthquake were felt, the players standing on the boundary also came near the wicket, the match had to be stopped for some time but then it started again.

Strong earthquake in Bangladesh, hope everyone is safe. pic.twitter.com/VZ4QwbS9qm

— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) November 21, 2025

“The match has been stopped due to mild earthquake tremors here,” Cricket Ireland wrote on its Let us tell you that earthquake tremors were felt for about 30 seconds, during which the players sat down on the ground. The players present in the dressing room also came down, although there was no damage of any kind on the ground.

Goodness. Play has stopped here due to a minor tremor / earthquake.

— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) November 21, 2025

Similarly, in 2022 also the cricket match was stopped for the same reason. Then the match was going on between Zimbabwe and Ireland under-19 team. Let us tell you that Bangladesh is ahead 1-0 in the 2-match test series. Bangladesh scored 476 runs in the first innings of the second test. Ireland’s second innings is going on, till the time of writing the news, Ireland has scored 254 runs for 8 wickets. Bangladesh is ahead by 222 runs.