New BCB chief Faruque wants Tamim to continue cricket for ‘2-3 more years’
TBS Report
21 August, 2024, 07:10 pm
Last modified: 21 August, 2024, 07:17 pm
Faruque Ahmed, the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) believes opener Tamim Iqbal can continue playing cricket as he has still two or three years left as a cricketer.
Tamim skipped the 2023 ODI World Cup and since then he has been away from cricket, largely due to his indifference towards this cricket board.
He was supposed to discuss this with the then BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon in this regard but before that the latter had gone into hiding due to the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government.
Tamim was seen in the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium of late when Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan visited the stadium.
He was accompanying him and also introduced him to the officials of the BCB.
“I will have to talk to him [Tamim]. He is a very sensible boy. I feel that he is one of the best from Bangladesh,” Faruque said here today.
“Personally, if you ask me, I would want him to play for 2-3 more years. But that doesn’t mean it will happen. He will take his decision. We will have to see what his fitness is like.”
Faruque also thinks the ODI format will best suit Tamim at this moment because Test cricket needs huge mental and physical fitness.
“We have to see what’s his priority. I think Test will be difficult for him at this stage but it’s good if it’s ODIs. Whatever he does, it’s good if he can play.”
Faruque said he would be happy also if Tamim wanted to come to the cricket board.
“If he comes to the board I will be very happy. He has leadership qualities and if guys like him come [to the board] we can do something good.”
