Whether he will get a place in the Champions Trophy team or not, the fate of this legend will be decided in Chennai.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|09-01-2025

Champions Trophy 2025 is not far away. This tournament with 8 teams is to be organized in Pakistan and UAE next month. Everyone's eyes are currently fixed on the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, where Team India's squad is to be announced in a few days. There is also a veteran player who has his eyes set on Chennai because it will be decided there whether he will be able to participate in the Champions Trophy or not. But this player is not associated with Team India but with the neighboring country Bangladesh cricket team. We are talking about veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is currently banned from bowling, after which his action has been tested in Chennai and its report is yet to come.

Decision on playing will be taken only after the report

According to the report of ESPN-Cricinfo, Shakib Al Hasan had given the first test at Loughborough University in Britain to correct his action but his action could not get clearance in this test. After this, Shakib recently gave his test again in a center in Chennai, the result of which has not come yet. Shakib and Bangladesh Cricket Board hope that a decision on this will be taken in the next day or two. The Bangladeshi board is also waiting for this decision on Shakib and hence the team for the Champions Trophy has not been announced yet because his selection is certain if the action is found correct.

England had banned bowling

Left-arm spin-allrounder Shakib's action came into controversy last year when he was playing a county cricket match in England. There was a complaint about the action of Shakib, who played only one match for Surrey, which was found illegal in the test. After this, the England Cricket Board had banned Shakib's bowling in any cricket competition held in their country. After this, ICC also implemented this ban completely in international cricket. Only after this, Shakib gave the action test with some changes in a center in Chennai.

How is your performance in the Champions Trophy?

Talking about the Champions Trophy, the Bangladeshi team has been placed in the group of India, Pakistan and New Zealand. Bangladesh and India will play their first match against each other. This match will be played in Dubai on 20th February. Bangladesh's success in this tournament will also depend on Shakib Al Hasan, who has scored 271 runs at an average of 45 in 7 matches in the history of this tournament and has also taken 3 wickets. Shakib has 7570 runs and 317 wickets in his name in ODI cricket. He is the third most successful batsman and highest wicket taker bowler of Bangladesh.

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