2024-10-02 19:53:44
Published: 22:34, 2 October 2024
Shakib Al Hasan wanted to play his last Test at home against South Africa. He gave the condition of safety and safe departure from the country. But neither the BCB president nor the advisors of the interim government confirmed his security.
In the changed political context, there is uncertainty about Shakib’s return to the country to play the last Test. The second Test of the series against India in Kanpur is likely to be the last Test of his career. Shakib Al Hasan returned to the United States after playing this test. After the Kanpur Test was over, he caught the US flight in the night.
After the Kanpur Test, Shakib was greeted by Bangladeshi journalists with flowers and crests. On that day, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant gave him a bat each.
Everyone thinks the Kanpur Test is the end of Shakib’s career, but Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe doesn’t think so. He said yesterday, ‘I have not heard anything that this is his last match. I think he will play in the South Africa series too, that much I know.’
South Africa will come to Bangladesh on October 16. The two-match Test series will be held in Mirpur and Chittagong. Shakib announced his retirement from the Mirpur Test before the Kanpur Test.
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