Mehidy Hasan to return to Dhaka from BPL

Chattogram Challengers allrounder Mehidy Hasan has decided to return home from the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League season. He has already informed the board that he is leaving for Dhaka due to his mother's illness, but Cricbuzz has learnt that he is not ready to play for Challengers anymore.

"I am leaving for Dhaka today (January 30) maintaining all the protocols. I have informed the BCB CEO and my team that I want to return to Dhaka in the evening as my mother is sick," Mehidy said.

This decision comes just a day after the Challengers management replaced him with Naeem Islam as the captain for the remainder of the season. Mehidy captained the side in the first four games, before Naeem was incharge in the game against Sylhet Sunrisers on Saturday (January 29).

There also appears to be a misunderstanding on what the official line on the change of captains is. The management insisted that head coach Paul Nixon about the removal of Mehidy as captain but the allrounder said he wasn't aware of such a change until a few hours before the game.

"I was told that I am not captaining hours before the game and it was quite embarrassing. Nixon did not say anything to me that suggested that he didn't want me to be the captain. He looked quite happy with me," Mehidy said.

Chattogram Challengers chief operating officer Yasir Ali told Cricbuzz on Sunday that they will have a conversation with Mehidy about the situation.

"We will sit with him after a while and will try to understand what his problem is. I am not sure whether he is leaving because his captaincy is gone but we have to know about it," Yasir said.

The Challengers have also stated that Nixon would now conduct team meetings for the rest of the season via Zoom after being called back by his county side Leicestershire.