Bangladesh vice-captain Taskin Ahmed denies he was dropped from India game for reaching late
A few eyebrows were raised when Bangladesh decided not to field their ace pacer and vice-captain Taskin Ahmed in a must-win Super 8 contest against India in Antigua in the recently concluded T20 World Cup. The right-arm-quick opened up about his omission and admitted that he did miss the team bus on match day but he was at the stadium before the coin toss was done.
“I was a little late, but I reached at the ground before the toss. “I arrived at the ground around 30-40 minutes before the toss. I missed the team bus. The bus left the hotel at 8.35 am. I left for the ground at 8.43 am. I almost reached the ground with the bus,” said Taskin Ahmed to a Bangladesh publication Ajker Patrika as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
In place of Taskin Bangladesh opted to play Jaker Ali adding further batting ...