Shakib banned from bowling in international cricket

The rumors turned out to be true at the end of the day. Shakib Al Hasan did not pass his second bowling test in Chennai. After Birmingham, Shakib was banned for failing to improve his bowling action in Chennai. He is being banned from bowling in international cricket.

Information has been floating in the air for the past two days. Shakib Al Hasan’s bowling action in Chennai was not validated. According to the rules, he is not being bowled in international cricket due to his failure in two consecutive bowling tests. Although he will be able to play in the red-green jersey. He will have to play as a batter.

If Shakib is played in the Champions Trophy, he will have to play as a batsman. Considering Shakib’s age and form, playing him as a batsman will be a luxury. As such, his absence from the Champions Trophy team is a certainty. A BCB source said that Shakib will not be included in the team to be announced tomorrow.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will announce the team for the ICC Champions Trophy starting next month on Sunday. Earlier, the board and cricket fans were hoping that the dark cloud of fear created by Shakib Al Hasan’s bowling ban would be lifted. But the day before the team was announced, the BCB gave bad news. In a statement on Saturday, the country’s highest cricket governing body said that Shakib’s bowling ban remains in effect.

Shakib was banned from bowling by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) due to a faulty bowling action. He will not be able to bowl in any competition in England. Due to this ban, the experienced left-arm spinner will not be able to bowl in domestic cricket and international cricket outside Bangladesh. The decision was taken based on the results of Shakib’s bowling test at the ICC-accredited National Cricket Performance Center at Loughborough University in England.

To return to bowling, he had to undergo a bowling test by an ICC-accredited tester. But on December 21, the experienced cricketer failed the second test at the Sri Ramachandra Center for Sports Science in Chennai, India. As a result, Shakib’s previous ban on bowling in international cricket will remain in place. The BCB said it would not comment further on the matter.

The BCB was waiting to get Shakib in the team. It was expected that Shakib would pass the test given in Chennai. But the BCB had already received the news that the Bangladesh all-rounder did not pass the test given in Chennai in the third week of December. All that was left was the formal announcement. After the Chennai laboratory informed the ECB about the matter, they informed the BCB about it. The BCB announced that news in a statement today.

This means that if Shakib is played in the Champions Trophy, he will have to play as a batsman. Considering Shakib’s age and form, playing him as a batsman will be a luxury. Therefore, his absence from the Champions Trophy team is a certainty. A BCB source said that Shakib will not be included in the squad to be announced tomorrow.

Shakib played a match for Somerset last September, returning to the county after 13 years. The county authorities questioned his bowling action in that match. The Bangladesh all-rounder’s bowling was called suspicious after the on-field umpires reported it. A few days later, he underwent a bowling action test at a lab in England, but failed.

Shakib, who took 4 wickets in the first innings of that match against Somerset, took 5 wickets in the next innings. He bowled the most for Surrey in the two innings, 63.2 overs. The umpires expressed their doubts after seeing some of his deliveries in that match. Later, they observed him more closely and confirmed that Shakib was then asked to undergo a bowling action test before playing any cricket in England.