The relationship between cricketers and administration of Bangla🌄desh Cricket Board (BCB) has been sour-of-late, due to the long-standing payment dispute.
Now, veteran fast-bowler Mashrafe Mortaza lambasted BCB for forcing him iౠnto his retirement. The old-warhorse of Bangladesh cricket nitpicked the arrangement for a special match to 🍌bid farewell to the veteran.
Reports of Mortaza hanging up his boots st🗹arted gaining momentum since the conclusion of the 2019 ODI World Cup in🎉 England.
Bangladesh cricket team’s bowling coach Otis Gibson urged Mortaza to retire as head coach Russell Domingo does not see him in his plans for the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The﷽refore, Mortaza expressed his displeasure regarding the manner in which he was treated despite his services for the country.
The former🌸 Bangladeshi captain holds a prestigious win-percentage of 56.32, leading the Tigers to 49 wins from💛 87 games.
“Honestly speaking it seemed that there was a rush to bid me farewell and it was certainly hurting. They had to arrange a match to bid me farewell and it was not a normal match. Arranging a special match in a hurry is something else for which they were prepared to spend BDT Two Crores for that match,” Mortaza told Cricbuzz.
Given the💎 stance of underpaid domestic cricketers in Bangladesh, Mortaza believes that it was unethical to organize the match with such a huge sum of money.
Also, Mashrafe objected to the board’s questioning about his salary. The 36-year-old affirmed that he never played for money.
“They spoke about my salary, asking why would the board pay someone without anything in return? Have I been playing cricket for 18 years thinking about money? If I thought about money, there were many opportunities for me then. I did not play cricket for money,” he said.
Further, the Jessore-born felt hurt about the rumour-mongering Bangladesh regarding the team playing with ‘nine and half-players’ in the World Cup.
“What was worse is that they spread rumours like the Bangladesh team played nine and a half players in the World Cup. Do you feel I deserve this? Maybe they [board] wanted to give me a better farewell but you must see my side as well. There were talks about me going for the Sri Lanka tour. I would have gone to Sri Lanka if I had not been injured,” Mortaza concluded.
