Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza admitted he was harm the best way the Bangladesh crew administration wished to push him out of the crew and into retirement. The matter of Mortaza’s retirement began doing the rounds final yr, nevertheless in a modern flip of occasions, he criticised the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for his or her lack of communication relating to his place within the nationwide crew and for not exhibiting professionalism when it got here to his retirement.
According to a Cricbuzz report, the veteran quick bowler in a latest interplay opened up on the unfair remedy dished out at him by the BCB relating to his place within the nationwide crew, regardless of being probably the greatest Bangladesh captains and the most-capped for the nation. In his lengthy and illustrious profession, he performed 36 Tests, 220 ODIs, and 54 T20Is. The participant expressed his issues on having side-lined after taking part in 20 years for the nationwide crew.
The right-arm pacer made his debut for Bangladesh in 2001 and final performed for Bangladesh in 2020 in opposition to Zimbabwe. He was not thought-about for the house sequence in opposition to the West Indies final yr and that was additionally the ultimate match the seamer served as captain. Mortaza revealed that he deserved higher after serving the nation for 20 years as solely Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan requested if he thought of retirement earlier than the Zimbabwe sequence.
“It’s unfortunate. At least I deserved better after serving the nation for 20 years. Only Papon Bhai (Nazmul Hassan) asked me what I thought about it (retirement) before the Zimbabwe series,”Mortaza stated to Cricbuzz. On the opposite, Mortaza didn’t need to stop the sportas he was the best wicket-taker within the final three sequence. He additionally identified that after COVID-19, he gained health, taking 5 wickets within the Bangabandhu T20 Cup.Despite such spectacular performances, the selectors didn’t take into account him.
He guidelines that the selectors and senior gamers of the crew ought to have at least urged to him that he won’t be additional considered for the ODI crew and will’ve deliberate a retirement sequence for him.
