Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza admitted he was harm the way in which the nationwide workforce administration wished him out of the facet and compelled into retirement. The subject of Mortaza’s retirement began doing the rounds final yr, nonetheless in a contemporary flip of occasions, he criticised the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for his or her lack of communication relating to his place within the nationwide workforce and for not displaying professionalism when it got here to his retirement.
The former Kolkata Knight Riders paceman in his lengthy and illustrious profession performed 36 Tests, 220 ODIs, and 54 T20Is. The participant expressed his considerations on having side-lined after taking part in 20 years for the nationwide workforce.
The right-arm pacer made his debut for Bangladesh in 2001 and final performed for Bangladesh in 2020 towards Zimbabwe. He was not thought-about for the house collection towards the West Indies final yr and that was additionally the ultimate match the seamer served as captain.
“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 was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
On the opposite, Mortaza didn’t wish to give up the sports activities as he was the very best wicket-taker within the final three collection. He additionally identified that after COVID-19, he gained health, taking 5 wickets within the Bangabandhu T20 Cup.
He rues the actual fact that the selectors and senior gamers of the workforce ought to have a minimum of urged to him that he won’t be additional considered for the ODI workforce and will’ve deliberate a retirement collection for him.
