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JE Sports Desk:  Bangladesh cricket team was considered to have suffered a massive blow when veteran player Tamim Iqbal shocked everyone and announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday.

The veteran, however, decided to withdraw his call after a positive intervention from Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday.

Moments after being appointed as skipper for the ongoing ODI series against Afghanistan, Litton Das was flooded with the questions regarding former captain's surprising decision in the press conference ahead of the 2nd ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Litton insisted that he would prefer walking out of the room if reporters continue to ask about the former skipper.

 

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"Bhai(brother) I came here to talk about tomorrow (the 2nd ODI). If you ask questions regarding Tamim here, then the board president or the coach is more appropriate than me and I think I should leave," Litton told reporters at one point of the press conference, as quoted by Cricbuzz.

"I came to know about it (his retirement) at 1 in the afternoon. Certainly, I have played with him for a long time and no one realized that he would take such a decision but the decision is made by the elder brother and all the member of the team respects his decision and I feel everyone should do the same," he said.

Litton Das also stated that no player is irreplaceable, and the same goes for the former Bangladesh batter Tamim as well.


"It is difficult to say whether we will miss him because today I am here, tomorrow I might not be here due to injury and no one will miss me because newcomers will come into the side, and this is the process. If he was around it could or could not be but as he is not available anymore I don't think there is a need to talk with me about the topic anymore. I don't think there is any point looking at something that is gone; rather we need to focus on what we can do in the future and bring good for the country and we need to try and do that," he said.

 

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Tamim who led the team in the first of three ODIs against Afghanistan made an unexpected decision to say goodbye to the game with months remaining in the upcoming ODI World Cup in India this year.

"It was not a sudden decision. I have been in talks with my family. I always have said I played to fulfill the dream of my father," Tamim said in a teary-eyed press conference.

"I don't have much to say. One thing I will definitely say is, I tried my best. I did try my best. Maybe I was not good enough or good enough. I don't know. But I tried my 100% whenever I was in the field," Tamim said.

Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in the 2nd ODI in Chattogram on Saturday, July 8.

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