Former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has blamed the government for the fiasco that eventually led to the national team missing out on the ICC T20 World Cup which was jointly held in India and Sri Lanka in February and March this year.

“I think that was a big loss, a great miss as far as Bangladesh cricket is concerned because we, as a country, love watching our players playing World Cups, playing matches. We are a cricket loving country. So, a country like Bangladesh not participating in the World Cup was a big miss,” Shakib, 39, told reporters on the sidelines of the jersey launch of the EUT20 Belgium, at a city hotel on Wednesday.