Of late, Shakib’s career has been marred by controversy arising from his role as a member of Parliament in the now-ousted Awami League government in Bangladesh, following protests in which several hundred civilians, mostly university students, were killed in July and August. He has retired from T20Is and finally pulled out of traveling to Bangladesh (he is based in the US with his family) for what would have been his Farewell test in Mirpur in October, when there were protests – for and against him – in Dhaka. He has not played international cricket since then.
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