Who should be held accountable for Bangladesh's decline in hockey?

Who should be held accountable for Bangladesh's decline in hockey?

Bangladesh, the four-time champion of the AHF Cup, has now been eliminated from the semi-finals. Pushkar Khisa Mimora lost 5-4 to Oman in the last four. As a result, the red-green team is not able to play in the Asia Cup for the first time.
There is a storm of criticism in the hockey arena regarding this. Former star player Ariful Haque Prince has directly blamed the federation for the failure. According to him, 'In hockey, the interests of individuals and clubs are being considered more important than the country. The same thing happened in the AHF tournament. They did not call players like Russell Mahmud Jimmy for the trial. The federation did not pay attention to this despite criticism. This result is due to not selecting the right team. The coach and the federation must take the responsibility for this.'

Another former player and former general secretary of the federation, Sajeed AA Adel, said, 'It would have been better if Jimmy was there. But I don't believe that the team will play so badly because there is no one. Many of the team are experienced. When the federation's committee was criticized, the search committee said, the people in the committee are good. I will also say, they are good; but they have not been with hockey for a long time. The committee needed to be made up of those who have been with hockey. Now, arrangements should be made for the arrival of qualified people through quick selection.'

The Hockey Federation had called more than 50 players for the AHF Cup Hockey Cooper Test. However, the federation did not include hockey superstar Jimmy in that list. Their reasoning behind not calling him was that players over 32 years of age were not being considered. Although the National Sports Council drew the attention of the Hockey Federation, the current committee officials did not pay any attention. Although Jimmy has a unique record in Asian hockey. He has played six consecutive Asia Cup hockey. No other hockey player in Asia has achieved this feat. In 2022, the Asian Hockey Federation also honored him in Jakarta, Indonesia. Despite being 37 years old, he is still ahead of many in fitness.

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