CEO said Miraz was removed as captain on coach Nixon’s advice, but Miraz says that conversation never happened.
The 24-year old offspinning allrounder didn’t train with the rest of the team on Saturday having reportedly informed the Chattogram franchise and BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury that he wanted to leave the team to be with his ailing mother in Dhaka. Miraz’s wife and child were already in the car that was to drive them to the airport when, minutes before they departed the hotel, a team official requested them to return upstairs.
“Actually I don’t have the mentality to play anymore,” Miraz said. “What happened in the last day, it doesn’t really add up. Three hours before our match, they informed me I was no longer the captain. I told them that they could have informed me earlier. This is very insulting for a player.
“The statement he gave about the coach suggesting my sacking as captain is totally false,” Miraz said. “You can ask the coach. I spoke to him for half an hour. Yasir’s statement was totally false. Yasir is the biggest culprit. I am sure he tells the team owner what to do. He is a good man. He doesn’t get involved (in team matters).”
Miraz also addressed the rumours that his wanting to move up the batting order had caused a rift in the team. “I have opened the innings for the last two years in BPL. I played well as an opener,” he said. “I just gave my opinion. I didn’t force anything. If I forced it, I would have opened the innings.”
Miraz was quite vocal about his displeasure towards the team’s chief executive. “I will not play if he is around,” he said. “If Yasir bhai is not in the franchise, I will play. Otherwise I won’t play. As clear as that.”
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84