Papon is correct that five day vacation middle of the WC was too much, and back fired big on the team. Mash and Mushfiq sneaking into the team with injuries are disturbing news as well.
Mash and Tamim both skipped the pre-WC camp in Leicestershire - Mash returned to BD for couple of days, while Tamim went on a vacation in Dubai.
However, I don't think Rhodes alone should be blamed for players taking those unwarranted vacations, Mash prolly had a lot of say on that. As for playing with injury, without any practice, Mash alone should be held responsible for that. But Papon can't stand up to Mash anymore, while it was easy for him to make a scapegoat out of Rhodes.
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