Shakib al Hasan calls Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal 'legends' & wishes to retire with them

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib al Hasan is arguably one of best all-rounders across formats. southpaw had a brilliant run at ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as he amassed 606 runs in 8 matches with two centuries and five fifties. Shakib al Hasan also performed extremely well with ball as he bagged 11 wickets with a fifer against Afghanistan. However, after glorious campaign, things went downhill for 33-year-old. Shakib al Hasan is currently serving a ban from ICC after he failed to report three corrupt approaches.

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Shakib al Hasan ban: Former Bangladesh captain wants to retire with Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal

Shakib al Hasan has been instrumental in Bangladesh cricket's rise at international level along with senior players like Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.  speculations about Mortaza’s retirement have been rife since 2019 World Cup. However, Shakib al Hasan has revealed that he wants to call time on his career with Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim, calling m 'legends'.

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While speaking to Cricbuzz, Shakib al Hasan said that it would be best if trio retires toger as y have been playing toger since ir U-15 days. He hoped that y can retire after few years, sit back, relax and talk about ir achievements. However, he said, for w, y can look forward and think about 2023 World Cup, which will be very important for Bangladesh cricket and for m personally. 

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Shakib al Hasan ban: Bangladesh all-rounder says he took bookies' approach too casually

In same conversation, Shakib al Hasan revealed that he had taken approach from bookie too 'casually' and that he had been completely transparent with anti-corruption officer in charge, pointing out that he would have been banned for ten years instead of one if he had t been so. Calling it a 'silly mistake', Shakib said that he should have been more careful considering his experience in international cricket and awareness about ICC's Anti-Corruption Code. premium all-rounder admitted that he had been a 'little too arrogant' by t reporting approach immediately and that it never struck him that he had done anything wrong at that moment.

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