The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have mentioned that they’re reconsidering giving No-Objection Certificates (NOC) to all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. This comes after Shakib had overtly slammed BCB for misinterpreting his letter when he requested the board for allowance to play within the IPL and never participate within the two-match Check sequence towards Sri Lanka. Akram Khan, BCB’s cricket operations chairman, has now mentioned that if Shakib desires to play the Check matches, then it will likely be thought-about within the coming days.
“I heard that he mentioned that I did not learn his letter. Maybe I misunderstood his letter. He desires to play Assessments, from what he has mentioned. Within the subsequent couple of days, we’ll talk about his NOC. If he has an curiosity, he’ll play Assessments in Sri Lanka. We’ll resolve about the remaining after listening to the entire interview,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Akram as saying.
“Shakib wrote within the letter that he desires to play the IPL as an alternative of the Check sequence in Sri Lanka,” he added.
Earlier, Shakib had hit out on the BCB for suggesting that he doesn’t wish to play the longest format of the sport.
Shakib clarified that he simply does not wish to play the upcoming two-match Check sequence towards Sri Lanka as he desires to play the IPL to organize himself for this yr’s T20 World Cup which shall be performed in India.
“These two Assessments are our final matches within the World Check Championship so it isn’t as if we’re going to play the ultimate. We’re on the very backside of the factors desk. I do not assume it makes a lot of a distinction,” Shakib instructed Cricfrenzy, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.
“The opposite main purpose is that the World Cup T20 is in India later this yr. It’s a crucial match the place we have now a lot to attain. There is not a lot to attain in these two Assessments. I believe it’s a higher possibility that I put together myself for one thing greater.
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“Those that preserve saying that I do not wish to play Assessments, I’m positive they did not learn my letter. I did not point out wherever in my letter to the BCB that I do not wish to play Assessments. I wrote that I wish to play the IPL to organize myself for the World Cup,” he added.
Shakib shall be seen taking part in for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on this yr’s IPL after he was purchased by the franchise for Rs 3.2 crore within the gamers’ public sale held in February.
