Dhaka, Jan. 25 -- There's a saying, leave the table when respect is no longer served.

Watching the cricket saga over the last couple of weeks, this line has come back more than once.

Maybe, the line cannot be fully applied to the cricket scene, but to a large extent, it does capture the sentiments which emerged from a tug of war between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Let me clarify one thing -- I am not a cricket expert but, naturally, when the national team is playing, like all Bangladeshis, one certainly has an interest.

Cricket has given us worldwide sporting recognition, along with prestige.

The success of the sport is interlinked and often used to represent the progress of the cou...