BCB Rejected Shakib Al Hasan 's in ODI squad

BCB Rejected Shakib Al Hasan's in ODI squad

He has retired from Test and T20 cricket. However, Shakib Al Hasan's wish to play his last Test on home soil was not fulfilled as the government could not provide security. His last Test will be the Kanpur Test against India in September.

However, Shakib Al Hasan has not retired from ODI cricket yet. His desire is to continue this edition of cricket till the upcoming Champions Trophy. But will Bangladesh's all-time greatest cricketer get that opportunity?

The chances are gradually decreasing. Because, Bangladesh Cricket Board is going to announce the team without him in the only ODI series that Bangladesh will play before the Champions Trophy, the three ODI series against the West Indies. A BCB source said that the selectors have already submitted the team for the ODI series against the West Indies to the board. Shakib Al Hasan's name is not in it as the board has instructed not to keep Shakib in the team.

There are various discussions about why he is not there. According to media reports, Shakib had given some conditions to the BCB to play in the West Indies series. The BCB did not respond to them, so Shakib is unlikely to play in the ODI series starting on December 8. He is currently playing for the Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T-10 League.

Shakib was accused in a murder case after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5. He was recently fined Tk 50 lakh for his involvement in share manipulation. The bank accounts of Shakib and his wife have been frozen. In this situation, Shakib Al Hasan has reportedly asked the government through the BCB for the freedom to play in the country, open a bank account, and guarantee his return to the country and travel abroad.

However, a responsible source at the BCB told today that they are not aware of Shakib giving any such conditions. A board official, who asked not to be named, gave a different reason for Shakib's absence from the ODI team.

The board official told on mobile phone, "We feel that Shakib Al Hasan's mental state at the moment is not in a good condition to play for various reasons. Playing the franchise T-10 league and playing international cricket for the national team are not the same thing. That is why we felt that it would be better for Shakib not to play in the West Indies series. The selection committee has been informed of this attitude of the board."

Although there was no reason to exclude Shakib Al Hasan from cricketing considerations, Gazi Ashraf Hossain's selection committee ultimately did not include Shakib in the team due to such an attitude of the board. In fact, there should be no outside influence on the selection committee's decision in the team selection. But the people concerned feel that Shakib's issue is 'sensitive', and the decision not to include him in the team falls under the level of 'policy-making'. That is why the board has given the message to the selection committee that they should select the team for the ODI series excluding Shakib. The selectors have also done so. Now, only the team is yet to be officially announced.

Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan did not play in the three-match ODI series held in Sharjah on November 6, 9 and 11. That was his own decision, of course. Before announcing the squad for the Afghanistan series, BCB President Farooq Ahmed told reporters in Chittagong, "Since Shakib tried but could not play the last Test in the country, it seems that he has not been practicing much. He needs some time to prepare himself. His chances of playing in the next series (Afghanistan) are low. It depends on his mental state."

The BCB is also unofficially saying the same thing about Shakib's absence from the West Indies series - that Shakib Al Hasan is not in a mental state to play. However, it is not known whether Shakib himself has told the BCB anything like this. Even when trying to contact Shakib to find out about this, he could not be reached on his mobile phone. No one from the BCB agreed to comment