Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud felt the team need to focus on having a good World Cup and let go of whatever had transpired during the squad-selection announcement and the subsequent feud between Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan.

The arguments breaking out on social media and in real life about the Shakib-Tamim saga have already been quite toxic.

The Bangladesh team will play their second warm-up match against England today before moving to Dharamsala, where they will play their first match of the World Cup against Afghanistan on October 7.

The all-rounder, during the second part of his interview with T Sports, said that he saw for the first time in his life that a captain announced his retirement after playing the first game of a series.

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza weighed in on the controversy regarding Tamim Iqbal’s eleventh-hour exclusion from the World Cup squad, saying the captain or the coach should have directly spoken to the batter about the team's plan to bat him in the middle order against Afghanistan.

Bangladesh’s former cricketer Nafees Iqbal had been with the national side as team manager recently. He detailed in a Facebook post why he left the Bangladesh dressing room during the third ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Nafees said that he had maintained all the protocols before leaving the dressing room in the middle of the match.

He also said why taking Tamim would have been a difficult proposition for him. “When I don’t know whether someone is playing the third game or the seventh game and I will only know in the morning of the game, then it’s difficult for me to select the team.

Bangladesh ODI captain Shakib Al Hasan gave his opinion regarding Tamim Iqbal’s exclusion from the World Cup squad in an exclusive interview with T Sports, aired last night.

A day after being excluded from the World Cup squad on fitness grounds, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said that a nasty game, not injury concerns, played a key role in his last-minute omission.

Tamim Iqbal, through a live Facebook video, put forth a shocking revelation yesterday. The country's best ever opening batter stated that his injury concern was not the underlying factor behind his exclusion from Bangladesh's World Cup squad. Following are the excerpts of what he said:

Bangladesh team on Wednesday departed for India's Guwahati to play the ICC Cricket World Cup, hoping to put behind the drama that has unfolded back home following the exclusion of veteran opener Tamim Iqbal from the India-bound squad.

Bangladesh team on Wednesday departed for India's Guwahati to play the ICC Cricket World Cup, hoping to put behind the drama that has unfolded back home following the exclusion of veteran opener Tamim Iqbal from the India-bound squad.

Former ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal revealed he opted out of the World Cup due to unfair treatment that he received from a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official.

“I request everybody to keep faith in this team. We have a very exciting team with a blend of youth and experience. We have a dream and we have to materialise it. I believe everybody will try their best to uplift the image of the country,” said Khaled Mahmud.

The Tigers are scheduled to fly out for India at 4:00pm.

Mashrafe, however, gave a different opinion on his Facebook post, opining that Tamim was not dropped, instead the batter opted not to be in the side.  

Finally, when the dust settled yesterday night after almost 24 hours of speculation and rumorus, it was revealed that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) did not include seasoned campaigner Tamim Iqbal among the 15 selected to represent the country in the 13th edition of the World Cup, to be played in India from October 5 to November 19.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its ICC World Cup squad last night, excluding Tamim Iqbal following much drama involving the experienced opener. 

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu explained Tamim Iqbal’s exclusion from the World Cup squad as a fitness issue involving the southpaw’s injury concerns.

Following a night full of drama and rumors, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 15-member squad, to be led by Shakib Al Hasan and excluding opener Tamim Iqbal, for the upcoming World Cup in India.