Bangladesh's vice-captain and pace bowler Taskin Ahmed missed the team's Super Eight match against India in the T20 World Cup as he overslept and missed the team bus. He admitted the issue but claimed false news was being made by certain media to create a toxic environment.
Earlier this week, a private TV station reported that Taskin was late to wake up and missed the team bus, indicating that this was the reason behind the team management leaving him out of the match against India.
Taskin Ahmed shared the entire incident from his verified Facebook account in a post on Wednesday.
He wrote “I would like everyone to know that most of the news and information being spread are nothing more than rumors, and I would hope that the fans treat it as such."
He also said that he reached the venue at 9:40 am local time, 20 minutes before the toss. He then sang the national anthem with the team before the match, which began at 10:30 am local time.
“It’s quite unfortunate that these so-called sports journalists are printing news based on rumors and without verification, trying to tarnish my image as a player of the national cricket team,” Taskin’s statement further reads.
“I know I made an honest mistake by not getting on the team bus on time, but I was at the stadium before the toss,” it adds.
Taskin also said he would take legal action to address such “frivolous issues like this” in the future “to ensure no one tries to malign my reputation or integrity as a sportsman or a human being”.
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