Nazmul rules out Mash retirement talks of T20

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon has poured cold water on the speculation of the retirement of captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza from the T20 cricket.

The limited overs captain of Bangladesh got injured during the third and final T20 against New Zealand at Bay Oval, an injury that could keep him out from the cricket for four to six weeks. 
Rumours were rife that Mashrafe could retire from the T20 version once he lands in Bangladesh. His retirement from the T20 cricket however has been in the air since the Asia Cup T20 in the last year. 
Mashrafe himself often showed his interest to retire from T20 cricket at some point but it has never been materialized. However this time the retirement issue got viral in the social media outlet and the speculation gained momentum because of Bangladesh’s clueless performance in both ODI and T20 series in New Zealand. 
 “I have talked to Mashrafe and other senior cricketers including Tamim, Shakib, Mushfiq, Riyad at regular basis before the outset of any match. Mashrafe didn’t tell me anything on his retirement as of now,” BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon told the media yesterday after returning from New Zealand. 
A local TV channel two days ago aired news that Papon told them that Mashrafe will retire from the T20 cricket after coming back to Dhaka as he is not the part of Test squad in New Zealand. Papon claimed the news misquoted him. 
“I wholeheartedly believe one thing that I have a good relation with him as we talk one another at regular basis. From that view I can say that he will not take such a big decision without letting me know anything. There is no question that he will take his decision in New Zealand. If he does he will return home first and talk to me. Then he can take his decision. That was my words with a TV channel,” Papon said at his Dhanmondi office.
“Today I also talked to Mashrafe. He told me exactly this words that if he takes such a decision he will not do it before talking to me. So, it’s reality,” he added.
But the BCB chief pointed out that Mashrafe’s fitness issue will come to the fore. 
“I had a notion that he will captain Bangladesh until he will be fit. We will keep him as captain that was our first words. But now there are some more things along with fitness which is needed to consider in the case of captaincy,” he remarked. 
“We took him for two things. First is captain. He may always stay in the team as captain. Second is bowler. As so far as I know he really bowled well in every series except the last T20 match. Such thing is not coming to our mind that he didn’t bowl well and so we will drop him as captain,” he added.
But the BCB president said that Mashrafe can take his own decision and in that case they have nothing to do.
“It may be that player himself thinks he wants to scale down the number of matches. He may have physical problem what I don’t know. But no one like player, coach or physio tell me anything about it,” he said. 
But if Mashrafe really retires from the shortest format, Papon said they have available options to appoint a captain immediately. 
 “We have several players in the team to be captain after Mashrafe. Already we have two vice captains in Tamim and Shakib in three different formats. Shakib remains the vice-captain in T20 cricket. We have another capable player in Mahmudullah Riyad. We have seen his captaincy in domestic cricket. His captaincy is good. It is tough to say at the moment who will be captain after Mashrafe,” Nazmul Hassan said.
“But the next captain will be one of them. There is no possibility of anyone out of them,” he revealed.  

Nazmul rules out Mash retirement talks of T20

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon has poured cold water on the speculation of the retirement of captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza from the T20 cricket. The limited overs captain of Bangladesh got injured during the third and final T20 against New Zealand at Bay Oval, an injury that could keep him out from the cricket for four to six weeks. Rumours were rife that Mashrafe could retire from the T20 version once he lands in Bangladesh. His retirement from the T20 cricket however has been in the air since the Asia Cup T20 in the last year. Mashrafe himself often showed his interest to retire from T20 cricket at some point but it has never been materialized. However this time the retirement issue got viral in the social media outlet and the speculation gained momentum because of Bangladeshs clueless performance in both ODI and T20 series in New Zealand. I have talked to Mashrafe and other senior cricketers including Tamim, Shakib, Mushfiq, Riyad at regular basis before the outset of any match. Mashrafe didnt tell me anything on his retirement as of now, BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon told the media yesterday after returning from New Zealand. A local TV channel two days ago aired news that Papon told them that Mashrafe will retire from the T20 cricket after coming back to Dhaka as he is not the part of Test squad in New Zealand. Papon claimed the news misquoted him. I wholeheartedly believe one thing that I have a good relation with him as we talk one another at regular basis. From that view I can say that he will not take such a big decision without letting me know anything. There is no question that he will take his decision in New Zealand. If he does he will return home first and talk to me. Then he can take his decision. That was my words with a TV channel, Papon said at his Dhanmondi office. Today I also talked to Mashrafe. He told me exactly this words that if he takes such a decision he will not do it before talking to me. So, its reality, he added. But the BCB chief pointed out that Mashrafes fitness issue will come to the fore. I had a notion that he will captain Bangladesh until he will be fit. We will keep him as captain that was our first words. But now there are some more things along with fitness which is needed to consider in the case of captaincy, he remarked. We took him for two things. First is captain. He may always stay in the team as captain. Second is bowler. As so far as I know he really bowled well in every series except the last T20 match. Such thing is not coming to our mind that he didnt bowl well and so we will drop him as captain, he added. But the BCB president said that Mashrafe can take his own decision and in that case they have nothing to do. It may be that player himself thinks he wants to scale down the number of matches. He may have physical problem what I dont know. But no one like player, coach or physio tell me anything about it, he said. But if Mashrafe really retires from the shortest format, Papon said they have available options to appoint a captain immediately. We have several players in the team to be captain after Mashrafe. Already we have two vice captains in Tamim and Shakib in three different formats. Shakib remains the vice-captain in T20 cricket. We have another capable player in Mahmudullah Riyad. We have seen his captaincy in domestic cricket. His captaincy is good. It is tough to say at the moment who will be captain after Mashrafe, Nazmul Hassan said. But the next captain will be one of them. There is no possibility of anyone out of them, he revealed.