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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal expressed that he will 'wait till January' to announce the decision on his future in international cricket. Tamim retired from international cricket last July but reversed his decision after meeting Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, the following day.
But a month later, he also resigned from ODI captaincy. This decision was criticised by Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal's successor and was also out of the preceding ODI World Cup 2023 in India. Coming back to Tamim Iqbal, the Bangladesh opener had a press conference on November 27 and talked about his future.
Iqbal said, "After the World Cup, I felt that there should be a decision about my international future," Tamim said. "Throughout my career, I have always kept myself away from indecision. I have always been very open and clear about whatever decision I have taken in my life. I was not in the country for quite some time, so this meeting [with BCB president Nazmul Hassan] was due."
"We held the meeting today because we had to postpone it yesterday too. Today is actually not a great day to do all this. The Test match [against New Zealand] starts tomorrow. Since we had to do the meeting today, a statement afterwards was always forthcoming, so I apologise that I am doing this the day before the game. It is important for me and the Bangladesh team that there's no impact of this in the game," he continued.
Tamim Iqbal also confirmed playing in the Bangladesh Premier League and return to pro-cricket. "I don't want to keep things hanging for a few more months. I don't want to stretch it unnecessarily," he said. "After discussing a lot of things with the president and the board, I want to respect their decision and wait till January. I could have told you my plan today, but let me play in the BPL, and then we will have another discussion for sure."
