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Shakib Al Hasan flies back to Bangladesh in the middle of World Cup
Amid Bangladesh's campaign hanging by a thread, captain Shakib Al Hasan has travelled back to home.
Bangladesh have had a World Cup 2023 to forget so far. After beating Afghanistan in their opener in Dharamsala, Bangladesh lost four on the trot, two of which were by a margin of more than 100 runs, while two others were by seven and eight wickets respectively. Amid their campaign hanging by a thread, captain Shakib Al Hasan has travelled back to home.
Bangladesh have their next two games at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata - against Netherlands on October 29 and Pakistan on October 31. Ahead of the two must-win matches which could somehow, if not entirely, revive their World Cup campaign, Shakib flew back to Dhaka. And while it could seem rather unusual for the skipper to leave the team in the midst of a horror run in the tournament, the reason behind the travel has been for a short training session with his mentor Nazmul Abedeen Faheem. The remainder of the team meanwhile reached Kolkata.
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According to ESPNCricinfo, Shakib reached Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon, the day after Bangladesh's humiliating 149-run defeat against South Africa in Mumbai, and went straight to the Shere Bangla National Stadium to work with Abedeen. The first session primarily comprised of throwdowns, which lasted for about three hours.
"He arrived today. We will be training for three days," Faheem told ESPNcricinfo. "Today, tomorrow and day after, and then he will return to Kolkata. We worked on his batting today."
The Bangladesh captain has struggled with the bat in this edition of the World Cup scoring only 56 runs in four innings while picking six wickets as the Asian nation sit at the bottom of the points table with a solitary win.
"Shakib probably feels comfortable working this way," Faheem said. "I am not sure what we are going to do next - I will take each session as he wants."
Shakib is set to join the Bangladesh squad on October 27, on the eve of their World Cup match against Netherlands.
