|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal said on Wednesday that he needs a break to get over the fatigue as his lean patch continues in the three-match series against Sri Lanka.

The left-handed opener earlier defied all odds and came back strongly on at least two occasions when he was down respectively in 2012 and after the World Cup in 2015 but somehow it was not the case in the the three-match ODI’s series.

Tamim made a scintillating comeback during the Asia Cup in 2012 scoring four half-centuries in a row to shut the mouth of all critics who literally started believing that his days were numbered for his prolong lean patch prior to the series.

Tamim, who was initially dropped from the squad and was later included under the insistence of government high-ups, played one of the series of his life time during the Asia Cup. His gesture toward the public turned out to be his trademark celebration but he hardly managed to celebrate anything in the series.

‘’There were a lot of negatives as well and from day one I have been talking about responsibility. I have played for 12 years and there are other players who played a lot for the nation. It's disappointing to see the way we performed,’’ Tamim said in the post-match press conference.