Shakib Al Hasan, who is the top all-rounder of Bangladesh’s cricket team, is now being kept away from practice in advance of the team’s high-profile India tour on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) instructions. As per to the local media reports, it claims that the all-rounder is set to be banned for not reporting a corrupt approach.
Shakib Al Hasan barred From practice
Reportedly, he might possibly be banned for 18 months by the ICC, compounding the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) issues that have been held ahead of the tour of India. The rubber, including total of three T20 Internationals and two Tests, which are all set to November 3.
As we all know Shakib Al Hasan is the star player especially for his team side, he is also the country’s Test and T20 skipper and he got banned, the team might possibly suffer from his presence.
As per to one of the country’s leading Bengali daily ‘Samakal’, “It was on the insistence of ICC that Shakib has been kept away from practice by the BCB. That’s the reason he neither featured in the practice games nor did he join the meeting late on Monday evening with the president to discuss pink ball Test.”
The ICC has also avoided making any comment regarding the matter at this stage. As per to the daily, two years ago Shakib got an offer from a bookie before an international match, which he did not report to the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).
The local newspaper also added that Shakib has also recently confessed about it to the ACSU’s investigating officers.
In the meantime, there has been doubt over Shakib’s availability for the India assignments after he missed the pre-tour camp, comprising a practice game which was held in Mirpur.
The squad on the other hand is all set to leave for the neighbouring country on Wednesday as well as Shakib is not going to be a part of the touring party.
As he might be absent, so the senior-most player Mushfiqur Rahim may possibly lead the team in Tests while one among Mahmudullah Riyad or Mosaddek Hosain is all set to be the skipper in the upcming three T20 Internationals.
At the same time, the development only adds to the issues of BCB, which is trying to persuade its players in order to agree to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s proposal for a day-night Test at the Eden Gardens.
Bangladesh started their India tour with the three T20Is, which is going to start on November 3, in advance of heading to Indore in order to kick off their World Test Championship campaign that is scheduled from November 14. Now talking about the second Test, it is going to be held at Eden Gardens begins from November 22.
Recently, Shakib spearheaded a players’ strike in advance of calling it off after the BCB guaranteed that their demands, comprising a pay hike, is going to be fulfilled.
