'I wanted a suspended sentence for Shakib'
Naimul Karim
A dream series win over the West Indies, who had just finished dancing to the tune of the Gangnam Style celebrating their World T20 championship in 2012; an unexpectedly appropriate follow-up with the first 'Banglawash' of the Kiwis; and then taking the fight to the Lankans in the Lions' den, Shane Jurgensen has undoubtedly been a part of Bangladesh's best period of cricket.
And yet through his departure he had probably witnessed the worst of Bangladesh's cricket. On April 28, Jurgensen, embarrassed and irked by comments made by a BCB director to the media regarding the need for a new coach, submitted his resignation and brought an end to his two-and-a-half-year career with the Tigers.
While the director's comments put in the final punch, Jurgensen, during his various interactions with the media, stated that there were a number of off-field issues that he had to evade during his tenure and in the end, it was on his birthday last month that he decided to take the final call.
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