POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Mar 19, 2022 : His distaste for Test cricket is long-standing. Not visiting New Zealand earlier this year sparked widespread controversy. Without him, Bangladesh returned home after winning the first Test on New Zealand soil. Then came the first win against the hosts on South African soil on Friday.
Shakib Al Hasan is one of the heroes of this historic victory.
But Shakib has not done many dramas before this tour! The first to say for the IPL is not to play Tests. After not getting a team in the IPL, he assured BCB president Nazmul Hasan that he would go to South Africa and play in both formats. But a few days before the visit, he told the media again, he will not go to Africa! Because mentally he is quite upset.
After that closed door meeting with the BCB president. To come in front of the journalists again and make sure to visit South Africa. Before going to Dubai for an ad shoot, Shakib said he was not enjoying cricket. I feel like a passenger in the team! Then before boarding the plane for South Africa, he said again, wanting to sit in the driving seat from the passenger. Shakib kept his word in the first ODI yesterday.
He played an innings of 6 runs off 64 balls. The way he was playing, if he hadn’t been out for a bad shot, tomorrow would have been his tenth ODI century. In the historic victory match, Shakib won the Matchsera award. A few days ago, the one who was the villain to everyone, he became the hero again with the performance. This is how everyone wants to see Biswasara like Shakib. If there is no new sequel to the drama that has ended now.
