There has been too much friction going on within Bangladesh team in the wake of Tamim Iqbal’s omission from the Bangladesh’s ODI World Cup squad that they announced on Tuesday. Tamim Iqbal recently in a video on his official Facebook page had ravaged BCB for playing dirty games with him. Tamim had stated that one of the top officials had asked him to bat in the middle order instead of opening the batting which Tamim turned down. Meanwhile, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has lambasted Tamim by saying that player should always be ready to play at any position for the team. Earlier, this year in July, Tamim Iqbal had announced his retirement during the ODI series against Afghanistan but the intervention from Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led to his retirement reversal. 

“I am sure someone who is authorized had said this (to Tamim). I am sure whoever has said it, he thought of the team. A lot of things go into building a combination for a match. So If someone has said this to him, was it wrong? Or we can’t make such a proposal? I am just going to tell someone that you can do whatever you want. Is the team first or the individual?,” Said Shakib in an interview with T-Sports. 

“Someone like Rohit Sharma has built his career from No. 7 to opener, scored 10,000-plus runs. If he sometimes bats at No 3 or 4, would it be a big problem? It is totally childish. It is my bat, I will play. No one else can play. A player should bat at any position for the team. Team first. It doesn’t make any difference if you have made 100 or 200, and the team loses. What can you do with personal achievement? You want to make a name for yourself?” stated Shakib.

“You are not thinking about the team at all. People don’t understand these things. Why was the proposal given to him? It was for the team. What is wrong in that? You are a team man when you agree to such a proposal. Unless you are thinking along those lines, you are not a team man. You are playing for individual records, success, fame and name. Not for the team,” said Shakib.