SA vs BAN: Shakib Al Hasan To Miss Second Test Against South Africa - Minhajul Abedin

Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will not be available for the second Test between South Africa and Bangladesh which begins at Port Elizabeth from April 7 onwards. Shakib had to return home from South Africa after the third ODI due to a family emergency.

Shakib had initially ruled himself out of South Africa despite being named in the national squad for the three-match ODI and two-Test series. He said that he was burnout from playing too much cricket and that was not in the right headspace to be touring South Africa. He had made 60 runs and picked 5 wickets in the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan.

The BCB then gave him a break from all cricket till April end to recuperate from him being “mentally fatigued and physically stressed”. However, the all-rounder made a u-turn quickly and then made himself available for the South Africa tour, following a meeting with board president Nazmul Hassan in Dhaka.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh created history by beating South Africa 2-1 in the three-match ODI series, their maiden ODI victory over the Proteas and first-ever series win as well over them in their own backyard.

Shakib Al Hasan Is Not Available For The Second Test Against South Africa – Minhajul Abedin

Meanwhile, Shakib barely managed to play all the three ODIs against South Africa in the series as he received the news of his family members being hospitalized due to various ailments. Shakib had to return home from South Africa after the third ODI due to a family emergency.

BCB, however, didn’t rule him out of the Test series as they had hoped that he would be available for the series-concluding the second Test against South Africa. It is expected that Shakib will fly to the USA on Friday, where his family resides.

”He (Shakib) is not available for the second Test against South Africa. He informed us that he will be going to the USA as he needs to set up his family there,” said Minhajul Abedin to Cricbuzz.

Yunus also informed that Shakib’s wife will stay with her two children in Bangladesh to look after her ailing mother.

“Shakib [Al Hasan] will not be available for the second Test as he will fly for the USA tonight with her elder daughter. Shakib has to fly with her elder daughter as her school has opened,” Jalal Yunus, BCB’s cricket operations committee chairman, told The Daily Star today.

The first Test between South Africa and Bangladesh is underway at Durban, with South Africa making 367 in their first innings and Bangladesh 183/5 on Lunch on day three.

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