Mashrafe, however, counterbalances this with a different perspective shared via a Facebook post, injecting an element of enigma into the ongoing narrative. In his interpretation, Tamim wasn’t excluded but rather made a conscious choice not to be part of the squad. Mashrafe accentuated the significance of distinguishing between a player being left out and a player willingly opting out of the team.

Commencing his post with the intriguing phrase,

“Each person may provide a shard of misinformation,” made it clear that Tamim’s absence was his choice and not the result of any outside influence.

In addition, he emphasized treating Tamim with dignity while understanding the mystery surrounding his reasons for resigning.

Mashrafe highlighted that,

” Tamim is the only one who can unlock the mystery surrounding this confusing issue, leaving cricketing fans creating anticipation for any updates that may surface in the coming days.”

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza expressed his disappointment when Tamim Iqbal announced his sudden retirement from international cricket earlier this month. However, Mashrafe believes that once Tamim fully recovers from his back injury, he will return to his best form.

During an event at the Daffodil International University, Mashrafe stated, “Tamim didn’t fully disclose to me exactly what he was going through. But I was really disappointed to see Tamim so weak. He is an international cricketer, and many people had spoken up for him. Naturally, I never thought Tamim wouldn’t be able to stand up for himself. But sometimes people break down, and on those occasions, they require support.”

Tamim had announced his retirement from international cricket unexpectedly on July 6. However, less than 30 hours later, he reversed his decision after a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, where Mashrafe and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan were also present.

Mashrafe revealed that the Prime Minister urged Tamim to play in the World Cup, stating, “In this case, I will say that Tamim is really lucky. The honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called him, spoke with him, and brought him back to cricket. Not everyone is this fortunate.”

Despite the conclusion of the retirement saga, Tamim’s back injury continues to be a topic of discussion. Speculations surround whether Bangladesh will have a fully fit Tamim for the upcoming Asia Cup and the ICC World Cup.

Mashrafe, who played a significant role in Tamim’s decision reversal, believes that Tamim should only return to cricket once he has completely healed from his injury. He emphasized the need for Tamim to focus solely on his recovery and said, “Once he gets fit, I’m sure he will automatically score runs and return to his best form.”

Tamim expressed his desire for Mashrafe to be the mentor for the Bangladesh team in the next World Cup, and the Prime Minister has instructed Mashrafe to be prepared for the role.

However, Mashrafe remained non-committal about the proposition, stating, “That’s a different matter altogether. I don’t have anything set on my mind. I’ve said this before, I don’t have my mind set on anything. Whatever comes up tomorrow, I’ll do that then. I don’t have the time to think about what I’ll do after tomorrow.”

Regarding the role of a mentor, Mashrafe admitted uncertainty, saying, “What’s the benefit of having a mentor? Can you explain it to me? I don’t know why he (Mashrafe) is asking for it… I don’t know what a mentor is supposed to do. If that situation arises, then maybe I can say. Right now, if you ask me, I don’t have any answer to that question.”

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s love for cricket has not decreased even though he did not participate in field games as before. Narail Express is now active in the development of cricket in its district. Various initiatives are being taken to select cricketers from their districts for the national team. He also hopes that quality cricketers will emerge through the Super League T20 cricket tournament organized in the community. Mashrafe bin Mortaza has been retired from the T20 team for almost six years, but fans are impressed with his excellent performance in this year’s BPL. He is performing on the field and managing his area efficiently. Mashrafe bin Mortza is active in developing cricket in his district Narail. He is working to produce quality cricketers despite his busy schedule. It is a burden to find cricketers playing in the national team without Mashrafe from Narail. So, Narail Express informed about multi-faceted initiatives to create cricketers from here.

Mashrafe said, ‘Narail’s sports, especially cricket, are almost dead. Since I am here, can some players be taken out; Because now the national team is a distant thing, there is no Narail around. We had Aranya (Abhishek Das), he is also injured now. So if you look at today’s society, because of the lack of sports, many people are getting involved in immoral activities. In addition to various tournaments, Mashrafe is also working on the field to make the youth of the district towards cricket. Before the finals of the Narail Super League T20 cricket tournament, which started last month, he gave instructions on the details of the arrangements. He also hopes that good cricketers will emerge from such tournaments. Mashrafe said, ‘To take cricket forward, we want to allow the boys of Narail district, who have even a women’s team. Some outside players will also come here. Five players from outside the Narail district will play, who have previously or recently played in the national team. Bring them here so they can come here and teach the local players who are playing.’Narail Super League final will be held at Bir Shrestha Noor Mohammad Stadium in the district on Sunday (March 5) at 11 am. Five teams participated in the ‘Narail Super League T20’ league after a gap of two years. Vijay Sarkar XI will fight against SM Sultan XI in the final.

Sylhet Strikers have been flying since the beginning of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Winning one match after another, the team has secured the playoffs first as well as the top spot in the points table. However, before the qualifiers, Sylhet got a piece of big bad news. Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is uncertain about the playoffs due to injury.

Sylhet Strikers head coach Rajin Saleh said this while talking to reporters. He said that mashrafe’s injury condition will not be available in the next matches of the group. There are even concerns about getting him in the playoffs. I have spoken to Mashrafe. He told me Groen was hurt well.

In response to a question on how long it can take Mashrafe to recover, Rajin Saleh said, “The physio has said that it may take 10-12 days for Mashrafe to recover. As such, it is difficult to say right now whether he will be able to play in the qualifiers or not. But we are optimistic about him.

Mashrafe can be said to be successful with the ball so far in the current BPL. With 12 wickets in 10 matches, he is seventh on the list of top bowlers. Dhaka captain Nasir Hossain is at the top of the list with 16 wickets in 11 matches.

Mashrafe suffered the injury while bowling against Khulna Tigers at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on January 30. Due to that injury, he could not play in the match against Rangpur Riders on Saturday. Instead, Mushfiqur Rahim failed to win the team with the responsibility of captaincy.

Hridoy’s 46-ball 84-run innings and Nazmul Hossain Shanto’s 39-ball 57-run innings helped Sylhet score 201 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Chasing a huge target, Dhaka lost wickets at regular intervals and were all out for 139 runs in 19.3 overs. Captain Nasir Hossain scored the highest 44 runs for the team. Apart from this, Mohammad Mithun scored 42 runs.

Sylhet retained the top spot with 8 points from four matches with a 62-run victory.

On behalf of another BPL franchise, a national team cricketer was offered fixing. Before the BPL draft, a franchise talked with the cricketer about a direct contract.

But some ‘conditions’ were added to the contract from that franchise. The two were in touch with the cricketers as representatives of the franchise. One of them offered the cricketer to ‘favor three-four matches’ in this year’s BPL. Another said, “We have to work in two or three matches. ’

The cricketer, however, did not respond to the unethical proposal. He didn’t even go into a direct contract with the team. Later, from the draft, the cricketer was taken to another franchise team. The cricketer informed the BCB about the fixing proposal. The team he is playing, for now, is also aware of this.