Overview
- Former and current Bangladesh internationals, including Taskin Ahmed, Mominul Haque and Taijul Islam, condemned the remark as unacceptable and disrespectful.
- M. Nazmul Islam deleted his Facebook post after publishing it, but screenshots spread widely on social media.
- Tamim Iqbal had urged the board to avoid emotional decisions on T20 World Cup participation and to weigh long‑term consequences and ICC revenue dependence.
- The row is tied to anger over Mustafizur Rahman’s IPL release and Bangladesh’s effort to shift its World Cup group matches out of India.
- The Bangladesh Cricket Board had not issued any disciplinary action or formal public response at the time of the latest reports.