Bangladesh will travel to Sri Lanka in April to take part in a two-Test series. Shakib Al Hasan took a leave of absence from that tour to play in the IPL in India.
Former national team captain Shafiqul Haque told Hira Jugantar that Shakib felt there was no point in playing Tests in Sri Lanka if he did not play for the country. We lost at home against the second tier team of West Indies, I think we will lose in Sri Lanka too.
He added that Sri Lanka has been playing very well in recent times, and they are playing. Which we are not doing. We played against Zimbabwe to show people. Zimbabwe is not a team! Zimbabwe is a team that will win with our team.
Hira said, Shakib wants to say- I have been playing IPL for a long time. Which is a high quality tournament in the world, star cricketers from different countries play here. I want to strengthen the preparation for the World Cup by playing with them. Besides, IPL is played on different wickets, if he plays on different wickets, he will be able to prepare for the World Cup. It's good for us. We will get Shakib's best performance in the T20 World Cup in India at the end of the year.
