Bangladesh’s best all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin is not feeling well at the moment. He himself has confirmed that he is suffering from depression and the brilliant player has appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board not to select him in any format of the game for at least the next two months.

According to Cricbuzz, Mohammad Saifuddin has gone into depression due to not being selected for the recently played T20 World Cup and the Global T20 tournament being played in Canada. Things have not been going well in Bangladesh for some time and due to this, even the best players did not get their visas on time, due to which Mohammad Saifuddin could not participate in the Global T20 Canada on behalf of Montreal Tigers.

Not only this, Mohammad Saifuddin also suffered a back injury while working out due to which he could not participate in the GT20 tournament. The medical committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board officially confirmed that Mohammad Saifuddin is out of this tournament due to injury and it is very difficult for him to take such a long flight in this pain.

An official of the BCB medical committee told Cricbuzz, ‘Saifuddin had a back injury and he came to us just before his flight. After checking him, we came to know that he would not be able to travel for 20-22 hours due to this pain. His flight was on 24 July and he came to us a day before that. Despite the initial treatment, his pain did not subside and that is why we decided that the experienced player will not participate in the Global T20.’

Mohammad Saifuddin is suffering from depression

On 7 August, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that the Bangladesh A team will leave for Islamabad on 10 August to play two four-day Test matches. They will also play two four-day Test matches against Pakistan Shaheens, as well as three ODIs. These matches have been rescheduled as the situation in Bangladesh is very bad at the moment.

BCB had given NOC to Mohammad Saifuddin till August 8 as he also had to join the A team going to Pakistan on August 11. However, due to not participating in GT20, Mohammad Saifuddin was very upset and is currently going through depression. Not only this, this player was also not included in the Bangladesh team of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and in his place the selectors gave place to Tanzim Hasan Shakib in the 15-member team.

A member of the selection panel said, ‘Mohammad Saifuddin sent me an email on July 30 in which he told me that he was going through depression due to missing two important tournaments. He sent me this email after the announcement of the A team. He also said that he should not be included in any form of cricket for the next two months. I wrote this to him and sent it ‘Noted’.