Papon's team is changed during Wolrd Cup!
Cricfrenzy
|| Desk Report ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Papon said on Wednesday that he didn't see the team getting down the field in the World Cup match against Pakistan that he selected.
He added that it was a new experience for him as he didn't see this type of thing happened. Bangladesh's head coach in the World Cup Steve Rhodes changed Papon's team combination indeed.
Before the Pakistan match, Mushfiqur Rahim was injured, Mashrafe was also out of the squad. Papon selected the team excluding these players but on the match, he was surprised that his decision wasn't taken into contention and Mushfiq and Mashrafe are playing against Pakistan although they were out of Papon's selected squad.
" I was there with the team till 11. We had a plan there. Mushfiq had a sling in his hand. Mushfiq was out of the squad. Mashrafe was out of the squad even before that day. They didn't practice and was absent in the plan strategy. We selected the squad. The coach was there. Everybody was there. the next day I saw a different team is going into the field. Things like this didn't happen before," Papon said on Wednesday.
Papon thinks Rhodes is a good person but Rhodes thinking didn't match with BCB and there it complicated the situation.
" Of course there was a problem there. I don't wanna talk about it. We thought we cant continue with him. We are not saying he is bad. He is very good. But our thinking and his thinking is totally different," added Papon.
