2024-03-12 22:05:17
At the press conference after the final of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Tamim Iqbal said that many things have to be right to bring him back to the national team. But Tamim did not openly say anything about this to the media.
BPL Man of the Tournament Tamim said about playing in his national team, ‘I want to tell you one thing clearly – a lot of things have to be right for me to come back. Otherwise there is no point in just coming and playing. Because I am at such a stage of my career – maybe I will play for two years. Those words have to be said with them.’
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director and Game Development Committee Chairman Khaled Mahmud Sujan did not take the condition of ‘many things right’ to return to the national team. In his comments, the game with the conditions is how it looks!
“We all want Tamim to come back. If you want to play, you must play. But will play with conditions, as a cricketer to hear this how it looks. I will play for the national team, the country, the national team – all this is long ago, far above. It looks bad to hear that there will be conditions or not.’
Abahani coach Sujan faced the media after the match against Partex in Mirpur on Monday (March 11). Sujan feels that the issue of Tamim’s return is being dragged on too much. His simple words, if Tamim is needed by the team and Tamim will play if he wants. But this director of BCB does not want to hear any conditions.
Sujan said, ‘Tamim has served the Bangladesh team for so many years, we need him. The team, the selectors are there, if they think we need Tamim… of course we need Tamim. Will play if necessary. But whether it is in exchange for anything or on what terms, how reasonable it is, I myself cannot say.’
BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon has also given the same message, ‘If Tamim wants to play, he will play. What to ask the coach again in this regard? Let me say a few things. It is their responsibility to finalize the party selection, which the board has a committee. They will decide who will be in the team. Again they do not decide who will be in the XI. It is mainly the captain, along with the coach who has a big opinion.