Shakib Al Hasan is coming home to play farewell test? Or not coming? Such yes or no news is floating in the media of Bangladesh from late Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
Shakib was also kept in the squad so that he could play his farewell Test in Mirpur. But suddenly news spread on Wednesday night that Shakib is not coming. Barta24.com contacted Shakib to get the correct information on this matter. That conversation is presented for the readers of Barta24.com:
Q: Are you coming to Dhaka?
Shakib: Probably not now.
Q: Did BCB give you any new information on this matter?
Shakib: No.
Q: Who obstructed you from coming to Dhaka?
Shakib: Everyone said it is for my safety.
Shakib Al Hasan answered all the questions in this short answer. He was supposed to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday's flight today. He was scheduled to retire from Test cricket by playing the last Test of his career against South Africa at Mirpur. But now that desire is probably no longer fulfilled.
Meanwhile, when BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury Sujon was asked to inquire whether BCB knows anything about Shakib's decision, he said, 'I am now in Dubai to attend an ICC meeting. But I also saw about Shakib in online news. I will talk to the BCB president about this and inform you.
The farewell stage set for Shakib in the Mirpur Test is now changing. Shakib probably played the last Test of his career against India in Kanpur.