|| CF Correspondent ||

Tamim Iqbal is determined to leave no stone unturned in leading Bangladesh exemplary in the upcoming Sri Lanka tour even though he has been in pressure to overcome personal poor form, after failing to live up to the expectation in the recently concluded World Cup.

The opener was handed the captaincy role after Mashrafe Bin Mortaza suffered a fresh hamstring injury and subsequently was ruled out for a month. Mashrafe in fact played the whole World Cup through this injury.

As the designated vice-captain of the side Shakib Al Hasan was also absent after BCB granted his plea to take a leave from Sri Lanka tour. Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim were in line to take the captaincy as a senior player of the side.

Mushfiqur however showed his reluctance to take the role but Tamim promptly accepted it, taking it as a challenge.

“I couldn’t play to my full potential [in World Cup]. But the new challenge is coming. Hopefully something good will happen, let’s see,” he told the reporters at Hazrat Shahjalala International Airport on Saturday just before leaving the country with Bangladesh team for Colombo.

Tamim had scored 235 runs in eight matches at an average of just 29.67. He scored just one half-century in the cricket’s biggest extravaganza, a 62 against Australia.

The expectation was high on Tamim following his superb form since the 2015 World Cup and he himself had intensive practice session and plan to do well in this World Cup. But no plan and his superb form worked for him as his form took a nosedive suddenly, leaving Tamim in soul-searching to what happened actually.