Razzak and Nafees, who never formally announced their retirement but have long fallen out of the Tigers setup, were the two most experienced cricketers joining the course, that also includes Nazmul Hossain, Sayed Rasel, Mahbubul Alam, Dolar Mahmud, Sajedul Islam, Mohammad Sharif and Nadif Chowdhury also took par. 

Apart from Nazmul, the other players are still active in domestic cricket of the country. They have said they joined the program keeping a future in coaching in mind. They also refused to say that it means they are retiring, at least from domestic cricket. 

At the start of the program, the former captain of Bangladesh cricket team, Mohammad Ashraful, who has struggled to make it back into the international team after serving a ban, was presented as a guest. He said the course is like a blessing for the players who are at the end of their career. 

“It is great initiative of the board. 12-13 players joined the program who are still playing in domestic cricket. Think every cricketer should join this kind of program to develop their game. Some people are thinking that those who joined this program must be leaving the game. This is not true,” Ashraful told the media.

Shahriar Nafees, who led the Tigers in their first-ever T20 International match, said he participated in the course to gain knowledge on coaching. 

“In countries like England, Australia, South Africa, players do the coaching course early on in their career. But it is different in Bangladesh. People think we are taking this course to be a coach, which is not right. We are taking this course just to learn about cricket coaching,” Shahriar told the media.