Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza (Twitter)
Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said the board’s criticism did not help the team mentally during the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh recorded one of their worst running runs t20 world cup UAE and Oman. The Tigers lost all their five league matches, and came under fire from Bangladesh as well. Cricket The Board (BCB) criticized the performance of the team. Bangladesh fast bowler and former captain Mashrafe Mortaza has now slammed his country’s cricket board for not showing support for players not performing well. Actually, he has blamed the BCB for this. Bangladesh exit early From the showpiece event, after criticism from the board calling the players “victims of pressure”.
Mahmudullah & Co lost each of their five Group 1, Super 12 matches. The team had been out of contention ahead of their match against Australia and early last month, BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon slammed the team for not living up to the expectations. The team crashed out of the semi-final race after losing to Sri Lanka, West Indies, England and South Africa. While the captain backed the team in the post-game press conference, Bangladesh did not get the much-needed support from the BCB.
Mortaza said that criticism from the board did not help Tigers mentally during the tournament and the veteran pacer also believes that BCB should have been more patient and sympathetic towards the players.
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CricTracker quoted the former captain as saying by Bangladesh daily Prothom Elo, “The players succumbed to the pressure from criticism of the board. Cricketers try to find solace in the cricket board during bad times. BCB more Should have been patient. If a player doesn’t perform well, you can leave him after the tournament but as long as he is in the tournament, it is better not to talk about him.”
Bangladesh came back without a point in the Super 12 stage of the ongoing World Cup and their previous defeat to Australia ruled them out of direct qualification for the Super 12 stage of next year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
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