The 2-match Test series between India and Bangladesh is going to start from next month. Before this, the Bangladesh team is on a tour of Pakistan, where a 2-match Test series is being played between the two teams. The first match of this series saw a great performance from Bangladesh. But in the meantime, big news related to the Bangladesh team has come to light. According to reports, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has been sent a legal notice to remove a player from the team.
Demand to drop Shakib from the team
According to media reports, a legal notice has been sent to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), demanding the immediate removal of former captain Shakib Al Hasan from the national team. The notice states that Shakib should not be part of international cricket, as he is facing criminal charges, based on International Cricket Council (ICC) rules.
FIR against Shakib Al Hasan
Recently, Shakib Al Hasan has been accused of being involved in the murder. In fact, more than 400 people lost their lives in the recent agitation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 5 students were killed in 5 firings. The father of one of these students has filed an FIR in Dhaka. In which 147 people including Shakib are accused of killing the student. Let us tell you that Shakib was a minister in Sheikh Hasina's government at that time.
With Shakib being named in the FIR of an alleged murder case, the ICC regulations state that the all-rounder must be removed from all forms of the game with immediate effect. What are BCB's thoughts on this?
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Legal notice sent to BCB
A report has claimed that Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shajib Mahmood Alam has sent a legal notice to BCB and demanded Shakib's immediate removal from the national team. The legal notice cited ICC rules as saying that the former Bangladesh captain is facing criminal charges. However, Bangladesh Cricket Board President Farooq Ahmed has said that a decision on Shakib Al Hasan's future will be taken soon. Farooq held a long meeting with some of his board directors at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday and said he would take a decision on Shakib before the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on August 30.
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