“If a senior player does not perform, Hathuru will not keep him in the team,” commented BCB president Nazmul Hasan. He hopes that the Bangladesh team’s outfit will be ‘healthy’ from the upcoming home series against England. Which was lacking when Russell Domingo was the coach. However, the BCB chief gave even more explosive information to the cricket-related website Cricbuzz. Mentioning the restoration of order as his priority, Nazmul Hasan brought to light the rumors of conflict between the two senior cricketers of the national team, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal. Admittedly, there are groupings at the party. He said, “I can say with a guarantee that the current dressing room is not healthy. I spoke to both Shakib and Tamim.

I understand that what is going on between them is not easy to solve at the moment. This is our observation. Both of them are given the same message – we don’t know what’s going on between you. But in any match and series where you are playing, this conflict should not be revealed. Both have assured us that it will not affect the match. Stating that his first participation in the ICC board meeting as BCB president was not pleasant, he said, “It felt as if there was no place for Bangladesh.” In the next meeting, it was discussed to exclude Bangladesh and Zimbabwe from the Test. So after that meeting, my main goal became to improve the performance of the team. Because, when you perform, there is no reason not to attract their (ICC’s) attention.’He added, ‘Our target is to reach the fifth position in the ranking.

If you improve your ranking, everyone will respect you. Another thing is the audience. The ICC will not have a high opinion of a team as long as they are not attracting crowds. Both issues are related to each other. If the performance is good, the audience will come to the field. In a lengthy interview with Cricbuzz, Nazmul Hasan admitted that it will be difficult for Chandika Hathurusingha to handle the senior players in the team. He said, ‘Domingo also had this problem. At one point he gave up. If you give up, we (BCB) will not benefit.’Nazmul Hasan added, ‘It is difficult to manage seniors. The problem with our players is that they don’t talk to us about their future. So it’s a tough challenge for both sides – Hathuru and the senior players. One thing is clear to me, if a senior player does not perform, then Hathuru will not keep him on the team. He said, ‘I think a problem will arise after Hathuru comes. But I won’t reveal it. Hope the problem is not big. He will not entertain seniors in the dressing room. This is the biggest problem. Either everyone has to act according to his plan or he will leave. This is Hathuru. Nazmul Hasan said that no coach has ever had a problem with Shakib Al Hasan and said, “I don’t think that the coach will have any problem with Tamim and Shakib.”