2024-03-01 23:41:51
No one wants to hear a loser’s story. The words of the winners are nectar. Fortune Barisal captain Tamim Iqbal is holding a press conference for 20 minutes after the BPL final. Tamim won the title as captain for the first time in franchise cricket. So the words of the winner are very long today. Where Tamim tells the story of winning the trophy, brings the heroes behind the scenes. He told future plans. He also talked about his international cricket.
It is good to know that Tamim won not only the BPL trophy that day. He won the BPL Man of the Tournament award for the first time. He became the best batsman by scoring maximum runs. Toitumbur is the former captain of Bangladesh. To score the highest runs for the country in the format that Tamim said goodbye to two years ago, to be the best of the tournament is a great achievement.
Is there no possibility of Tamim’s return from international cricket? If we evaluate the performance of this year’s BPL, he should definitely be included in the team on a limited basis. But what is the desire of Tamim? The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president said out of the board meeting on February 12 that the board will talk about Tamim’s future in international cricket. But months have passed and still no word.
So Tamim was asked about his whereabouts on the night of the title. But Tamim refused to open his mouth. Tell your position by talking to the board. But he has highlighted some issues that make his return clear.
‘I’ve been through a lot in the last few months. That’s why I’m talking about that environment again and again… I didn’t want to get into an environment where they think we’re not the same. A bad thing…someone is making it bad today and I am discussing it with others. Creating that right environment is a huge challenge for us.’ – said Tamim.
He added, ‘I want to make one thing clear, a lot of things have to be right for me to come back. Otherwise there is no reason to come back and only play unnecessarily. I’m at that point in my career now where I can play maybe two years. Those words should be said with them. There is no final talk with them yet, so they should not come to the press conference and talk about these things.’
Tamim is clear, he will not return if the environment in the national team is not good. The environment led to his abrupt retirement from international cricket in July last year while still captain. He came back later on the orders of the Prime Minister within a day. Then in September before the World Cup, New Zealand returned to play two matches in the series.
But before the World Cup, the team management created such a mess that Tamim was forced to ask the selectors not to pick him. After that he did not return to international cricket.
However, Tamim does not see his performance in the BPL as a response to being ignored, ‘I don’t think so. If I had thought to answer like this, I might not have done well. I didn’t think of the thing to answer.’
The issue of fitness was raised by then selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu for not taking Tamim to the World Cup squad. Said, ‘Tamim was not included in the team due to fitness risk.’ But Tamim said in a video message the next day, ‘I don’t want to be in the dirt.’ Tamim is still adamant about his position. He also said that he will clarify his position in future discussions with BCB.
“No, he (selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain) did not talk to me. Jalal Bhai (Cricket Management Department Chairman Jalal Yunus) spoke to me. I was available level to talk but didn’t. I was supposed to sit with you. But I have contact. I am leaving the country tomorrow (today) morning. I hope we will sit after coming.’
Tamim said that the issue of fitness that he was not taken in the World Cup team was the best after the BPL, ‘Physically I was in a better condition at that time. Now you see a light belly. Physically I was better at that time.’