Shakib Al Hasan comeback is 'tough but not impossible', feels selector
Updated On: 31 October, 2019 08:09 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
B'desh national selector Habibul Bashar is confident Shakib Al Hasan will overcome challenges to make a comeback after two-year ban
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New Delhi: Former Bangladesh captain and national selector Habibul Bashar is shocked that a "mature" man like Shakib Al Hasan didn't report corrupt approaches to the ICC and believes it would be tough, if not impossible, for the banned all-rounder to regain his peak position. The world's No. 1 ODI all-rounder was on Tuesday banned by the ICC for two years, one year being a suspended sentence, for failing to report corrupt approaches from an alleged bookie Deepak Aggarwal on three occasions, including one during the 2018 Indian Premier League.
While Bashar expects Shakib, 32, who has over 11,000 runs and more than 500 wickets across three formats, to be back after the ban, he also admitted that it will be easier said than done. "It is a tough ask. Shakib will be out of cricket for a year, which will be mentally tough for him. After one year, to first make a comeback and then strive to reach where you were before the ban is a tall order but not impossible," Bashar told PTI.
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