Shakib Al Hasan announces Test retirement ahead of IND vs BAN 2nd Test

Bangladesh cricket team's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan announced his retirement from Test cricket on Thursday. The veteran took this decision before the IND vs BAN second Test match to be played in Kanpur.

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Shakib will play IND vs BAN second Test match in Kanpur tomorrow i.e. from 27th September. After this, he is going to play Test cricket for Bangladesh in one more series and then he will retire from red ball cricket. He told that the Test against South Africa in Mirpur will be his last.

Shakib also confirmed his T20I retirement

Shakib Al Hasan also took retirement from T20I cricket. He told PTI that T20 World Cup 2024 was his last tournament. He revealed this during a recent press conference.

Shakib played a total of 129 T20I matches and scored 2551 runs, during which his strike rate was 121. However, he could not make much of an impact with the ball and took a total of 149 wickets in 126 innings. He missed his mark of 150 wickets by just one wicket.

Shakib's Test career

Shakib Al Hasan made his Test debut against India. He was seen playing red-ball cricket for the first time in the year 2007 and since then, Shakib has played a total of 70 test matches, in which he scored 4600 runs with the bat, which included five centuries and 31 half-centuries.

While bowling, Shakib has registered a total of 242 wickets in Tests for Bangladesh. He is the only bowler from Bangladesh to cross the mark of taking more than 200 wickets in Tests.

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Shakib's performance in IND vs BAN 1st Test

Despite being one of the most prolific cricketers from his country, Shakib Al Hasan failed to make his mark in the first Test of the ongoing two-match series against India. The experienced player went wicketless on a surface that offered significant assistance to the spinners. 

While the Indian batters tackled his variations easily, Shakib found it tough to get going against the hosts' formidable bowling attack, letting Bangladesh down with his successive modest outings. So, considering his recent form and injury setbacks, Shakib's retirement was on the cards and shouldn't be surprising at all.