He is one of our best players but a back injury concern restricts his ability,” says chief selector Minhajul Abedin

BANGLADESH will go to the 2023 World Cup without arguably the best batter in the country’s history, as Tamim Iqbal has been left out of the 15-man squad, due to his persistent back injury.
ESPNcricinfo had learnt that Tamim had informed the selectors couple of days ago that they should keep his back injury in mind before selecting the final squad.

BCB chief selector Minhajul Abedin explained the exclusion saying, “We are all aware that Tamim Iqbal is a long-term injury concern. He returned for the New Zealand series.
After the first match, there was a bit of a complain. We thought of his injury concern when not taking him in the squad. We have spoken to all concerned, before taking this decision.
We discussed it with Tamim. We can’t tell you what we spoke about. We discussed it with the team management, and didn’t want to take a risk in a long World Cup campaign. It is a very important event.”

Tamim made 44 runs in the second ODI against New Zealand on September 23, his first innings back in international cricket since reversing his decision to retire in July. It was also followed by an injury layoff which forced him to miss the Asia Cup.
The BCB had initially said that the team for the World Cup would be declared at 5:45pm on Tuesday, but later delayed the announcement to after the third ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The extra couple of hours added fuel to speculation that there may be a last minute change, but it wasn’t to be.(Cricinfo)