'No last word on Mash goodbye'

The issue of Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's retirement is as yet a shady one as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are yet uncertain on the best way to give the motivational cricketer a goodbye.

Making the issue murkier still is that the 35-year-old has not explained his musings on retirement.

As there are no more ODIs for Bangladesh this year in ICC's Future Tours Program, there has been theory about whether the BCB would orchestrate any fifty-over arrangement at home to say goodbye to Mashrafe, who has officially resigned from T20I cricket.

There is an irregular Test and two T20Is against Afghanistan at home not long from now. Plans are in the air to incorporate Zimbabwe and host a T20I tri-arrangement after the Test.

There was additionally talk about whether the BCB would change the T20I tri-country arrangement including Afghanistan and Zimbabwe into an ODI arrangement – which probably would allow Mashrafe to resign before a home group, as he wished - however as indicated by BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury, that is as yet not affirmed.

"I am yet to get any last guidelines [on organizing an arrangement to say goodbye to Mashrafe] as it's an approach based choice. Up until now, what we have imparted [to ZCB] is that there is a tri-country arrangement including Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe and we are traveling toward that path," Nizamuddin told journalists yesterday.

In the interim, the BCB is yet to declare the timetable for the erratic Test against Afghanistan and it was found out that the guests will participate in the Test between August 31 and September 10, which will be trailed by the tri-country arrangement.

"Initially, there will be a Test arrangement with Afghanistan and afterward we will play the tri-country or respective T20I or ODI arrangement during the principal seven day stretch of September. So far there are some discretionary talks going on between the sheets yet I think if Afghanistan affirms, we will go with the T20s," he said.

In spite of the fact that Zimbabwe cricket has been suspended by the ICC over political impedances, the BCB CEO educated that there won't be any issues for Zimbabwe to partake in the arrangement.

Questions still stay for the Tigers fans on when really Mashrafe will resign from worldwide cricket as the cricketer recently educated that he wished to say goodbye to the game before a home group.

Regardless of whether the BCB figures out how to orchestrate an ODI arrangement at their very own cost as a tribute to the incredible cricketer, it will mean little without an official declaration from Mashrafe – who has kept up radio quietness as of late - about his retirement to make his position unmistakable.