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They couldn 't care less

Sports Reporter
"They don't think of us, so why should we think of them?" This is how left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain reacted when asked who would replace him after he, along with five others, decided to play in the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL).
A local daily reported yesterday that six national players, among fourteen, have been offered a place in the ICL payroll as part of a team called Dhaka Warriors, fashioned like the Lahore Badshahs led by former Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq.
Apart from Mosharraf, former captain Habibul Bashar, dashing batsman Aftab Ahmed, opener Shahriar Nafees, allrounder Forhad Reza and wicketkeeper Dhiman Ghosh have announced their retirement from all forms of cricket and submitted not-too-clear letters to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
They are expected to take home something close to $ 200,000 each after signing three-year contracts.
So is it money that drew them out of the opportunity to play for their country? Mosharraf showed other reasons.
"1 wasn't enjoying my time (in the last year) whether I was playing or not playing for Bangladesh," confided the tall left-armer, adding that he had an uncertain future.
The 27-year-old Mosharraf was touted as Mohammad Rafique's heir apparent but a single wicket in three GDIs against South Africa earlier this year and no contribution with the bat made one of the selectors admit that he cracks under pressure, although he was handpicked for his evidential ability to perform under pressure for Dhaka.
More disgruntled was Nafees it seems.
"There was a lot of anger, frustration and complaint behind this decision. 1 will reveal all of this in due course of time because I am no longer part of the code of conduct," said Nafees who added that he will come out of retirement only when he desires.
"I made it to the national team after working for ten years and I know, there's a lot of pride of playing for Bangladesh but at this moment, I don't feel good to play cricket," said the left-handed opener.
He confirmed that he hasn't confirmed the ICL offer even though he has received it.
"I have been offered but I haven't confirmed anything. My main focus is education and I want to complete my MBA in the next one-and-a-halfyears," said Nafees.
Former captain Bashar, who led the Tigers in 18 Tests and 69 ODIs, found it hard to draw this conclusion.
"It was a tough decision," he said. "I shed a lot of tears while deciding and 1 have many, many reasons."
He criticised Jamie Siddons's stance on him and said that he was almost left alone.
"The situation was getting difficult for me. I wasn’t receiving support from anyone. Even the coach's attitude was discouraging and I was in the middle of a lot of uncertainty and I was out of cricket for seven months," added Bashar.
He also alleged that most players were unhappy with the current management.
"After thinking of all this, thought it would be best to take up this offer. I don't know about the others but all I know is that nobody is happy," concluded Bashar of his explanation.
The biggest surprises in the retirement list were the likes of Dhiman Ghosh and Aftab Ahmed and the explanation given by the wicketkeeper, in all seriousness, was laughable.
"There are lots of other players," said Dhiman when asked of the void he would leave in his discipline.
Why did they drop me if I was the country's number one wicketkeeper?" Dhiman demanded to know.
He also alleged that he was always reminded of Mushfiqur Rahim's presence and that his place would be taken.
On the other hand, Aftab's beautiful prospect as one of the batting superstars in the country will forever be dented.
Now, their future hangs by the tiniest thread. Even if they back out and don't sign a fat paycheck with ICL, they will forever be remembered as the first batch of players to have retired with the intention to play in the rebel Indian league.