 Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal opted out of this 300 and sixty five days`s Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday citing lack of game time as he continues to get better from a knee pains.
Tamim Iqbal decides to skip T20 World Cup (Reuters/File Photo)
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal opted out of this 300 and sixty five days`s Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday citing lack of game time as he continues to get better from a knee pains.
Tamim injure his knee for the length of the April-Would possibly maybe maybe even tour of Sri Lanka but chief selector Minhajul Abedin was as soon as optimistic Bangladesh`s one-day captain would discover his successfully being earlier than the World Cup in October-November.
“Sport time is the preferrred motive. I haven`t been taking half on this structure for a extremely very long time,” Tamim, who played the final of his 78 Twenty20 Internationals in March 2020, stated in a video posted on his Facebook internet page.
“I don`t reflect my pains is a direct, as a consequence of I reflect I`d be match earlier than the World Cup. The most necessary motive is I don`t reflect it would possibly maybe maybe well presumably maybe also be exquisite on those gamers who own played in the final 15-16 T20 suits that I haven`t played.”Â
Tamim`s different in the World Cup squad was as soon as considered as a subject of him regaining his successfully being and the 32-300 and sixty five days-susceptible stated he was as soon as not quitting the 20-overs structure.
Bangladesh will play Scotland in their first opening spherical match on October 17 in Muscat. Â
