No bar for Shakib to play farewell test in Mirpur: Adviser Asif

Youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain expressed confidence that there should be no legal obstacles preventing the all-rounder from returning to Bangladesh for the game.

Asif also does not see any legal bar in Shakib Al Hasan’s coming and going out of the country later.

While addressing a media conference at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Sunday, he clearly stated, “There should not be any bar for (Shakib’s) entering or leaving the country.”

“As a cricketer, he will play and he is a citizen of Bangladesh. I don’t see any hindrance in his arrival here,” he said.

The adviser further said, “It is the responsibility of the state to ensure every citizen’s security. Ensuring the security of the cricket team is also of the state. We will do that.”

If everything goes well, the first game against visiting South Africa, to be started on 21 October, will be the farewell match of Shakib Al Hasan in Test cricket. The all-rounder made the announcement in a pre-match press conference in India’s Kanpur.