Shakib Al Hasan All Set To Discuss His Test Future With BCB President Nazmul Hassan After Afghanistan Series

Updated - 28 Feb 2022, 06:29 PM

Shakib Al Hasan (Image Credit: Twitter)

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Star Bangladesh spin-bowling all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is all set to discuss his Test cricket future with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan after the One Day International series against Afghanistan National Cricket Team.

According to BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, Shakib will sit down with the Board president within the next couple of days to discuss his Test plans.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. Credits: Twitter

Notably, the senior all-rounder had informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board that he would not be available for selection for the upcoming Test series’. However, with him going unsold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction in Bengaluru there is a possibility he wants to change his plan.

“Shakib had given a letter saying that he won’t be available to play Tests for six months, The scenario has changed since he won’t be playing in the IPL. He said that he will sit with the board president after the ongoing ODI series [against Afghanistan] to discuss the matter.”

Yunus added that Shakib won’t just talk about the upcoming Test series against South Africa but the entire 2022 Test schedule.

“He won’t just talk about the South Africa series [the Test-leg of which starts on March 30]. Basically, we will ask him for his plan for this year. There have been media reports that he doesn’t want to play Tests, but we know that he wants to play Tests,” said Jalal Yunus as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

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Yunus further said that Shakib will be asked about his preferences and the Bangladesh Cricket Board will not force him to play all three formats.

“It is not a matter of pick and choose. He might have some problems, so we will consider him if he tells us that he wants to play a certain number of matches in a format,” Yunus said.

“Nobody is bound to play every match. The BCB is not an organisation where we consider players as mere employees. They are also stakeholders. They have the freedom to discuss how many matches they want to play.”

Shakib Al Hasan was not part of the Bangladesh team when they registered a historic Test win over the Black Caps in New Zealand. Notably, Since the 2017-18 South Africa series, Shakib has played only 30% of Bangladesh’s Test cricket games.

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