Shakib Al Hasan set to return to training from next month
XtraTime Web Desk: Bangladesh star all rounder Shakib Al Hasan is all set to start training from next month. Shakib, whose one year suspension will be lifted on October 29, has decided to start training at the BKSP facility at Savar in a bid to return to competitive cricket.
Shakib was banned for two years, one year of it suspended, for failing to report corrupt approaches by an alleged Indian bookie during the Indian Premier League.
“Shakib will come to the BKSP next month where he will have coaches and trainers available,” Shakib’s mentor Nazmul Abedeen was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“We are functional as the coaches are all residing within the campus, so we can work with him well. Shakib will have everything at his disposal,” he added.
Abedeen, who was the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s game development manager for many years, is one of Shakib’s earliest coaches. He now serves as the cricket advisor at the BKSP facility.
According to Abedeen, the 33-year-old Shakib, who is currently in the United States with his family, plans to return to Dhaka at the end of August in a bid to prepare for his return to international cricket. Shakib was in sublime form before the ban, amassing 606 runs in the 2019 World Cup in England last year.
