Tamim doesn’t want to play T20Is, claims Papon

BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon revealed that Tamim Iqbal is not interested to play the T20 internationals.

He made such a comment hours after Tamim struck his second consecutive half-century in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Papon said, “Last time when I talked to him over telephone, I told him to get back to T20I cricket. I said you are our best opener so why you would quit this format. You must play.”

“He just told me one thing that ‘please don’t force me’. If you force me, I have to play. But I really don’t want to play this format. When he said this, it seems to me that I should not force him further. If anyone doesn’t want to play, I should not force him.”

Tamim last played T20 International cricket in 2020 and then was out of the action for a long time to recover from his injury.

He withdrew his name from the T20 World Cup squad by showing the reason that those who played regularly in this format, should be included in the squad ahead of him.

Meanwhile, Tamim’s slow approach in T20 format was also criticized vehemently for a long time.

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