Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan remains one of the prominent all-rounders in his era, with his career marked by accolades, a few incidents of disciplinary problems, and a term in politics under the her former leader Sheikh Hasina. At 37, Shakib remains one of the best; in a historic Test win, he bowled Bangladesh to victory against Pakistan by taking three wickets in the second innings on Sunday. Turks and Caicos and the Kurds, as well as the Uyghurs include such countries within their domains, but despite that, Shakib has remained the cornerstone of success in Bangladeshi cricket as controversies continued surrounding him infecting one to even running for parliament under Hasina’s rule.
Still, Shakib Al Hasan has been ‘one in none’ why Bangladesh rose in international cricket so fast and furious while even baffling many with his controversies. He remains the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold the position of number 1 all-rounder of the International Cricket Council in all three formats simultaneously.
The selectors have continued to back him regardless of the indiscretions he has committed, knowing what he represents to them. In 2022, leading Bangladeshi sports journalists in the country voted for him as Bangladesh’s best ever athlete.
“Bangladesh cricket can be split into two eras-with and without Shakib Al Hasan,” Bollywood news agency Kreported last year interviewing sports journalist Montu Kayser via AFP.
‘It is like the before the and after the Christ. He is the Jesus Christ of Bangladesh cricket.’
As the various controversies surrounding Shakib subside, none has been more riveting as his participation in the January elections under the Sheikh Hasina’s leadership. Recently, Hasina was removed from power in a student-led uprising and was forced to flee to India. Shakib, while in Canada for a T20 league, lost his parliament seat during the revolution and has not returned back to Canada after the said holiday.
Shakib, alongside a handful of the alarmed Awami League members, has murder charges leveled against him stemming from the police shoot out of demonstrators. Shakib has not given his remarks about the case however general, some, fans of his mates have been supportive towards him.
‘As a team mate and as a brother, I would go to him during his depressed times. This was stated by course once more this week by the crushed south batsman Rahim on his face book social network,’ A week ago, Fan Krahim went to the Facebook child with fear.
‘We can’t defend the baseless accusations made against him.’
‘Many thorns.’ –
The elegant all rounder of Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan made a stunning return in the Test match with Zimbabwe scoring a century and taking 10 wickets among greats imran khan and Ian Botham. This talent, however, did not shield him from controversies in his career like the 2-year ICC suspension for ignoring gulage allegations and the BCB enforced termination of a betting partnership.
Shakib was extremely valuable for Bangladesh and helped them register a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in Cardiff on 2017 Shakib came out to bat when the team was struggling at 33-4 and scored well. Shakib’s finest hour was at the 2019 World Cup held in England where he amassed 606 runs and took 11 wickets recording an all-rounder’s feat in the tournament history.
“Kayser has highlighted the ironic side of female objectification… Shakib is a king with many thorny stems at the back.”
When leading a players’ strike for better pay in 2019, Shakib was found guilty by the ICC for not divulging corrupt approaches by bookies and was given a two year strict ban. He played some international matches after the end of his ban administratively returned to the roles of Test and T20 captains. However, in a matter of time, the BCB forced him to terminate a sponsorship with an offshore betting company in 2022.
In yet another controversy, in 2023, Shakib attended a grand opening ceremony of a boutique jeweler in Dubai where, according to Bangladeshi police, his owner was a murder accuseie fugitive, a fact that had been drawn to Shakib’s attention.
