Bangladesh have been whitewashed by the West Indies in Tests at home.
With that memory, the next mission of the Bangladesh team is the tour of New Zealand, then the Test against Sri Lanka. However, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is not in both the series.
He has taken a leave of absence from the New Zealand tour due to family reasons and is not staying in Sri Lanka for the IPL. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon is upset about this. Before meeting New Zealand on Monday, Papun met journalists in Mirpur after meeting with senior players, board officials and coaches.
He said at the time that the board was not "embarrassed" but "upset" that Shakib was not in two such important series after being whitewashed in the Test against the West Indies. Our position is clear, we will not force anyone to play.
If someone doesn’t want to play, he won’t play. We want them to make their own decisions, "he said." We have discussed this. We will now come to an agreement with them in this regard. But our previous agreement is over.
So far we have not made a new agreement. Some more new things will be added to these agreements. There will be all clear writing. Who wants to play in which format, they have to say.
It is also important to know if they will play for the national team or if there is something else at that time. Because we will not let anyone sign this agreement. Open now.
It has been so long personally. But now we will take it in writing on paper. So no one will have anything to say here. Besides, BCB president Papun said that from now on, any official of the board will be Jalal Yunus or Khaled Mahmood Sujan will be with the players on any tour.
