Cricket World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan hits back at Tamim Iqbal

Following Tamim Iqbal's exclusion from Bangladesh's ODI World Cup squad, star player Shakib Al Hasan lashed out at the senior batsman.

Shakib called Tamim "childish" and criticised him for putting himself ahead of the team's needs.

Tamim made a comeback to the Bangladesh squad but was not added to the ODI World Cup squad. The batsman has been struggling with a continuous back injury.

However, on Wednesday Tamim took to his official Facebook account and claimed that he was fit to take part in the upcoming tournament but backed out since he was asked to bat down the order.

Shakib spoke about Tamim without naming him and said that he is not a team man and just playing for individual records.

"You are not thinking about the team at all. People don't understand these things. Why was the proposal given to him? It was for the team. What is wrong in that? You are a team man when you agree to such a proposal. Unless you are thinking along those lines, you are not a team man. You are playing for individual records, success, fame, and name. Not for the team," Shakib was quotes as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

The Bangladesh skipper Shakib backed BCB's stand decision to drop Tamim and quoted MS Dhoni who said that an unfit player who is playing is cheating his team and country.

“People might doubt my capability or capacity but someone like MS Dhoni, who has won everything and has the knowledge and sense, once said that the unfit player who is playing is cheating his team and country. I think we should accept it, and not just Tamim but every player,” he added.

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