Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will communicate with Shakib Al Hassan, who is now in Canada and playing the Global T20 tournament.
About the latest update of Shakib, who was also a member of National Parliament (before the Bangladesh President desolved), BCB’s in-charge at cricket operation Shariar Nafees informed that will communicate with the all-rounder.
Meanwhile, Test assignment of the Bangladesh cricket team in Pakistan scheduled scheduled to begin on August 21.
Shahriar Nafees in a press meet informed that they were expecting to start national team's practice from today while all the coaching staff are ready for the upcoming schedules.
Shahriar Nafees said, “Shakib Al Hasan's NOC is till August 12. On August 13, he is supposed to return home and report to us. He still has two to three matches remaining and we will continue communication with him to know his plans.”
After falling the Awami League led government on Monday, there have been a huge security concerns, especially in Shakib's case, who was a Member of the Parliament of the then ruling party when Shahriar told that Shakib is just a cricketer now.
“Shakib is a cricketer now. Yesterday night, as per president's order, Shakib is no longer a MP. He is only a cricketer now. Every human being has security concerns. Since he has an NOC till 12th, after that he is supposed to join us. BCB's selection panel has not announced the team for Pakistan yet. If Shakib would not there then another one would be included,” Shahriar revealed.
