This player's career will end after the Kanpur Test! He suddenly announced his retirement.

The second and last match of the 2-match Test series between Team India and Bangladesh will be played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27. Before this match, Bangladesh's legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan announced his retirement from two formats. He has quit T20 International cricket with immediate effect. At the same time, he has also made it clear when he will retire from the Test format.

Shakib Al Hasan announced his retirement.

Shakib Al Hasan held a press conference before the Kanpur Test match. During this, Shakib announced that he has expressed his desire to retire from Test cricket to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) at the end of the home series against South Africa in Mirpur next month. But if Shakib Al Hasan does not get security clearance to play in that series, then the Kanpur Test match will be the last match of his Test career.

Shakib Al Hasan said, 'I have expressed my desire to play my last Test in Mirpur to the BCB. I have told this to the BCB, and they agree with me. They are trying to arrange everything so that I can go to Bangladesh. If this does not happen, the match against India in Kanpur will be my last match in Test cricket.' Along with this, Shakib also announced his retirement from T20I and said that he has played his last match in the shortest format of the game in the T20 World Cup 2024.

One of the most successful players of Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan is counted among the most successful players in Bangladesh. At the same time, Shakib is also one of the best all-rounders in the world. He has played 70 Test matches for Bangladesh so far. During this time, Shakib Al Hasan has scored 4600 runs, which includes 31 half-centuries and 5 centuries. At the same time, he has also taken 242 wickets in these matches. Which also includes the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings 19 times.

On the other hand, if we talk about his T20I career, he played a total of 129 matches for Bangladesh. In these matches, Shakib Al Hasan scored 2551 runs and also took 149 wickets. Apart from this, Shakib Al Hasan has also played 247 ODI matches for Bangladesh. In which he has 7570 runs and 317 wickets to his name. However, he has not given any update on the ODI format. In such a situation, he can continue playing in this format.