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 Won't let the weight of my last World Cup influence me: Mortaza

The forthcoming World Cup will be the beginning of the finish of a period for Bangladesh. Their commander Mashrafe Mortaza has affirmed that this World Cup in England will be his last. At some point back, Mushfiqur Rahim had likewise spoken about making the competition significant, for it will in all likelihood be the last time he shares the changing area with any semblance of Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal in a worldwide competition.

"It's anything but a matter of most likely; without a doubt this is my last World Cup," Mortaza said at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Monday. "In any case, clearly it won't be my last connection with you."

Tending to the last question and answer session before their takeoff to Ireland, from where Bangladesh are relied upon to travel to England, Mortaza said that he'll not be heaping weight on himself to perform and bid a fond farewell to the World Cups on a cheerful note.

"I won't let any additional weight on myself since it will be my last World Cup. It's additionally not that I will do any additional readiness. It's simply one more enormous competition for us and we need to play well to make it critical," he said. "I will endeavor to execute as a player and as a chief. Nothing is unthinkable, however it will be significant for us to deal with the good and bad times."

Mortaza said that they won't escape by the recognition this is Bangladesh's best ever World Cup group considering their general involvement and their super hot type recently, that saw them win 13 out of 20 ODIs in 2018.

"We had gone to play Asia Cup with this equivalent group however we couldn't win the trophy. Nearly a similar group played in the elimination round of the ICC Champions Trophy however what occurred, you know.

"So there is no compelling reason to make any publicity by naming it as the best group. It's a similar group separated from a couple of players, which has been playing together for the last two-three years yet we don't have any trophy to demonstrate despite the fact that we played a few finals. The group didn't do anything so critical meanwhile that they ought to have been named as the best group.

"This sort of tag makes superfluous on the players. So I would prefer not to say it's the best group however truly, we are going to play the World Cup with our best accessible group. That is it."

Mortaza will before long be seeking after profession as a full-time government official. He was chosen to the parliament in a year ago's national races from the Bangladesh's decision party, Awami League. There has been a great deal of hypothesis about when that may occur yet Mortaza's declaration on Monday recommends that the minute may not be excessively distant.

As a cricketer, Mortaza could have hit a lot more noteworthy statures if not for his damage supported vocation that constrained him into seven knee activities. He was certainly not a changeless installation in the national changing area until 2014, when he began his second spell as Bangladesh's commander in the shorter configurations.

Mortaza assumed a key job behind transforming Bangladesh into a power in the 50-over configuration, driving them to arrangement prevails upon India, South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies at home notwithstanding a lady World Cup quarter-last in 2015. A few years after the fact, Mortaza drove them to a semi-last spot in the 2017 Champions Trophy.

"Most likely this World Cup will be harder for us due to the configuration. Be that as it may, regardless I trust we can do something unprecedented. Just we have to begin the competition from a positive point of view. We have to take it coordinate by match rather thinking excessively far," he said.