Bangladesh’s vice-captain, Taskin Ahmed, has addressed the hypothesis surrounding his absence from the crew for his or her Tremendous Eight match towards India within the T20 World Cup 2024. Taskin admitted to lacking the crew bus on the morning of the match in North Sound however clarified that this was not the explanation for his exclusion from the sport.

“I used to be a bit of late, however I reached the bottom earlier than the toss,” Taskin advised Dhaka-based newspaper Ajker Patrika. “I arrived on the floor round 30-40 minutes earlier than the toss. I missed the crew bus. The bus left the resort at 8:35 am. I left for the bottom at 8:43 am. I virtually reached the bottom with the bus. It’s not as in the event that they did not choose me up as a result of I arrived late. I wasn’t going to play anyway.”

Bangladesh opted to exchange Taskin with Jaker Ali for the sport, with Mahedi Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan opening the bowling. Nevertheless, Taskin returned to the lineup for Bangladesh’s subsequent sport towards Afghanistan on June 24.

Taskin defined that there was no disciplinary motion taken towards him for the incident, Shakib Al Hasan confirmed that the matter was resolved after Taskin apologised.

“The bus normally leaves at a sure time. It’s the rule that the crew bus does not await anybody,” Shakib advised reporters on Tuesday. “If by probability somebody misses the bus, they will arrive within the managers’ automobile or a taxi. West Indies is a troublesome place for transport. He arrived 5-10 minutes earlier than the toss, so naturally, it was troublesome for the crew administration to pick out him. It was additionally a troublesome scenario for the participant. Taskin apologized to the crew, and everybody took it very usually. It was an unintentional mistake. It ended there.”

BCB president Nazmul Hassan additionally addressed the incident throughout a press convention following a board assembly on Tuesday.

“Once I noticed that Taskin wasn’t within the XI, I known as [team manager] Rabeed [Imam], who advised me that Taskin missed the crew bus,” Hassan mentioned. “However [Rabeed said that] he’s now within the discipline; he arrived a bit late. I’ll learn the report from the involved division.”

Taskin’s absence didn’t have an effect on the crew’s decision-making course of, and he was included within the following match, displaying that the incident didn’t have long-term repercussions on his standing throughout the crew.

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