New Delhi: The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday said that they will take a call on Shakib Al Hasan’s future after the first Test match against Pakistan gets over, BCB president Faruque Ahmed confirmed. Bangladesh is currently in Pakistan for a two-match Test series and next they would be travelling to India next month for a Test and T20I series.
On Thursday, Shakib was named in a murder case filed by Rafiqul Islam, the father of garment factory worker Rubel who was killed on Aug 5 in Dhaka’s Adabor. Following the accusation, Shajib Mahmood Alam, a lawyer of the Supreme Court, sent a legal notice to the BCB on Saturday through email and registered post on behalf of Advocate Md Rafinur Rahman, asking for the removal of Shakib from all ‘forms’ of cricket with immediate effect.
Shakib can’t remain in national cricket team
According to a report in Cricbuzz, since Shakib has been named in a case, he cannot remain in the national cricket team according to the rules of the International Cricket Council. The report also days that the notice which has been forwarded has asked for all efforts that should be made to bring Shakib back to Bangladesh to help in the advancement of the murder case.
However BCB president Faruque, who was involved in a long meeting with some of the board directors, denied that any legal notice has been sent to them. However, the newly appointed BCB president also added they would take a call on Shakib before the second Test against Pakistan, scheduled on August 30 at Rawalpindi.
“Look the FIR is just the first information letter and they are yet to claim any charge as far as I know and before that it is difficult to take a decision. Look the relationship with BCB and Shakib al Hasan is like player and an employer according to contract and after tomorrow we can think exactly after getting the legal notice and based on that. I cannot withdraw him from middle of the Test match,” he said.
“You know the second Test match is on August 30 and we will take in between as there is a gap and we can think what can be done in this regard,” he added.
The BCB has said that they will take a call on Shakib Al Hasan’s future after the Rawalpindi Test match against Pakistan gets over. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
