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Taibu in City

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Many big names have graced Dhaka cricket before but the latest inclusion of former Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu in the ranks of Wasim Akram, Sourav Ganguly, Sanath Jayasuriya and Arjuna Ranatunga added glamour beyond the game itself.
Taibu arrived in the capital yesterday and immediately claimed that his visit to Dhaka was more than a mere financial venture after quitting the captaincy of the trouble-torn Zimbabwe cricket last month.
The 22-year old wicketkeeperbatsman will play for last year's runners-up City Club in the Premier Division Cricket League that begins on December 12 across the country.
The young Zimbabwean, who quit international cricket and captaincy following a life threat, said that his Dhaka trip was never in his scheme of things.
"I was supposed to play in South Africa in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Cricket but after my retirement they just shut the window. There was no way out for me after the decision," said Taibu, who is on his second visit here after captaining his team early this year in a three-match Test and five-match one-day international series.
"It was painful for me that quite sometime I couldn't think about cricket, rather I had to concentrate on other issues. Then I got the proposal from Mamun (Reazuddin Al Mamun). Without cricket, life was so difficult to me," continued Taibu.
"I came to know the domestic league here is very competitive. I spoke with Streaky (Heath Streak) as well as Steve Tikolo. I was told that players like Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Akram played here. I thought that it would also be nice for me," said the exciting batsman down the order.
The veteran of 24 Tests and 84 ODIs said that he had little idea about the domestic competitions in
Bangladesh but for last few days he worked out to learn about his team as well as the opponents in the competition.
"I have little idea about my team but now I know that my team finished runners-up in the last two seasons and the club boasts five national players including Rajin (Saleh) and (Alok) Kapali. I have also been informed about the other sides," he said.
But Taibu, who held the Zimbabwe cricket together following a revolt led by his predecessor Streak, said that he was eagerly waiting to return to the international cricket soon.
"I will return to my country after one month and come back to Bangladesh after three weeks. But you know my first priority is Zimbabwe cricket that's why I am looking forward to play for my
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country in our next tour of West Indies in May and I believe things will be okay by then," he hoped.
"If Peter Chingoka and Ozias Bvute quit, the crisis will be resolved soon. I'm hopeful that everything will be back to normalcy. You know whenever Themba Mliswa (the man who made the threats against me) involved in any sport he destroyed it. He destroyed rugby, soccer and a club and then came to cricket," said Taibu adding that there is no government intervention in their cricket.
Replying to a question he said: "The crisis is so deep that there is no scope for them (ICC) to do anything and it was already too late."