Fortune Barisal chased down 150-odd within the second qualifier of the continuing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to make it to the ultimate of the event. Mushfiqur Rahim performed a vital position within the chase scoring an unbeaten 47 off 38 balls to propel his facet over the road towards the favourites Rangpur Riders. He can be the fifth highest run-getter of the season having amassed 367 runs at a strike-rate of 123.56 to this point. But Rahim is already retired from T20Is and when requested if he’s regretting his resolution, the reply was a blunt ‘no’.
Moreover, Rahim sparked a controversy with his statement hinting that he introduced retirement from the shortest format towards his want. “No (regrets). You are saying this (my game sense and performance is good) after I played well, no one said that before. I just want to ask one question? Did I retire from T20Is on my own wish? Just look at the month before when I retired in T20s and I don’t have anything else to say,” Rahim mentioned after the match.
Meanwhile, three veterans of Bangladesh cricket – Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah – are a part of the Fortune Barisal and plenty of had criticised the crew’s transfer to choose solely skilled gamers within the facet. But in line with Rahim, the considering that T20 cricket is just made for kids is incorrect and that the expertise needs to be valued all the time.
“At the beginning of the event everybody mentioned Barisal is a crew of outdated guys and T20 can’t be performed with expertise. But right here we’re. This idea could be very incorrect and experiences have worth in each format. It doesn’t encourage me (being criticized for my age) and I really feel dangerous about it. Even immediately in case you carry lot of younger gamers in entrance of me, I am positive they won’t get close to me with respect to health. How will you give criterion to health whether or not it’s age and efficiency? I really feel it ought to be health and efficiency contemplating age is only a quantity in any other case participant’s like Jimmy Anderson would have been uncommon.
“I don’t play to prove anything to anyone and those who have picked me, I am thankful to them, like Tamim and owner of Barisal. I want to repay their faith through my performance,” Rahim added. For the unversed, Mushfiqur Rahim retired from the shortest format again in September 2022 following the conclusion of the Asia Cup and simply earlier than T20 World Cup in Australia.
