When Bangladesh reached the quarterfinals of the ODI World Cup in 2015, it was thought-about a landmark second within the nation’s cricketing historical past.
Because the expectations soared, the cricket fraternity predicted that issues would solely change for the higher after that.
Whereas it completed because the semifinalist within the Champions Trophy in 2017, its observe report within the ICC occasions went downhill over the past seven years because the workforce failed to succeed in the knockout stage of a world occasion.
Tamim Iqbal, the erstwhile captain, believes that if Bangladesh needs to fare nicely within the ICC event, the preparation ought to start no less than two years earlier than the occasion.
“The individuals on the high must have a transparent plan when it comes to what they need to obtain. The captain needs to win the trophy, the coach needs to win the trophy, however the query is – does the Board need it, too?” Tamim mentioned, including that “every thing must be good when it comes to imaginative and prescient, services.”
Tamim, who’s now in India as a commentator for the continued Check collection, additionally drew the Indian workforce’s reference. “In India, you’ll be able to reward Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli as a lot as you’ll be able to, however had the BCCI not been that sturdy, the workforce wouldn’t have achieved a lot,” he mentioned.
Final month, when Faruque Ahmed took cost, he turned the primary BCB president to have performed any aggressive cricket. How helpful will or not it’s to have a former cricketer on the helm of the Board?
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Tamim, who has featured in 387 worldwide outings throughout codecs in his 17-year-long profession, believes it’s too early to make an announcement. “Look, there are ifs and buts to it. Within the earlier BCB regime, there have been three former captains concerned within the administration. Did the final Board do every thing incorrect? No, additionally they did a whole lot of good issues, you can not deny that,” he mentioned.
“I might need had points with two or three individuals on the BCB, however that doesn’t imply that they don’t have any achievements. This time, the president can be a cricketer, so you must give him a sure time period after which decide…”
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