Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan plans to end his brilliant international career after the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan. He has also stated that while he intends to stop playing Test cricket after the next ICC Cricket World Cup in India, which begins next month, he also likely aims to stop playing T20 international cricket following the ICC T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States of America the following year. Scroll down to read Is Shakib Al Hasan Taking A Retirement? Deets Inside.
Is Shakib Al Hasan Taking A Retirement?
Shakib stated, “The 2025 Champions Trophy for ODIs and the 2024 T20 World Cup for T20 Internationals,” as quoted by ESPNCricinfo. Tests might happen sooner. Possibly (after the World Cup). I’ll quit playing all formats at once, but I’ll do it one at a time. After the 2025 Champions Trophy, I’ll announce my retirement.”
Shakib, who also served as the team’s captain at the Asia Cup earlier this month in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will serve as Bangladesh’s World Cup captain. He has served as the unit’s commander twice before. The Tigers did get to the Asia Cup Super 4 under his leadership, but they were unable to reach the championship game.
Shakib has now said that his World Cup match will be his final as captain and that he will be giving up captaincy altogether. He said, “I am the captain only till the World Cup given the current situation. Not another day. On September 17th, I announced my resignation from the captaincy. I didn’t want to be captain before the Asia Cup for the same reasons.”
Shakib Al Hasan continued, “At this point in my career, I don’t believe serving as captain is beneficial. I just wanted to bowl my 10 overs, play the best fielding I could, then bat. Refusing to accept the leadership would have been the simplest course of action for me. I didn’t want to deal with this pressure at this age. I want to have fun playing and representing Bangladesh.”
Bangladesh plays Afghanistan in the World Cup opener on October 7 at Dharamsala.
