Bangladesh Drop Ex-captain Tamim Iqbal From Cricket World Cup 2023 Squad | Cricket News

Bangladesh on Tuesday introduced their 15-man squad for the ODI World Cup in India, leaving out former captain Tamim Iqbal because of harm issues. Tamim, 34, who retired in a shock transfer in July earlier than reversing his choice a day later on the request of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, returned to the facet solely final week for the opening two matches of the just-concluded dwelling collection towards New Zealand. Tamim established himself as one of many nation’s most reliable gamers and is the one Bangladeshi to attain centuries in all three codecs of the sport.

But he took a break from Tuesday’s remaining match that Bangladesh misplaced by seven wickets in Dhaka, and reportedly refused to provide a assure of his participation in all matches within the World Cup.

Top-selling Bengali newspaper Prothom Al reported on Tuesday that coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and skipper Shakib Al Hasan stated solely absolutely match gamers might be within the World Cup squad, resulting in the exclusion of Tamim.

“Tamim Iqbal has had an injury concern for a long time, which we know,” chief selector Mihajul Abedin stated.

“He was fighting against it and got back to fitness ahead of the New Zealand series. But after the first game, he complained of injury again.”

New Zealand whitewashed Bangladesh to win the three-match collection 2-0.

Batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto, who made his debut as captain through the collection towards the Kiwis, has been named as vice-captain for the World Cup.

The Bangladesh facet travels to Guwahati on Wednesday for 2 warm-up matches towards Sri Lanka on September 29 and towards England on October 2, earlier than the World Cup begins on October 5.

The facet will then transfer to Dharamshala for his or her event opener towards Afghanistan on October 7.

Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Liton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vice-captain), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.