MP Shakib shifts his focus back to cricket
Sports Desk
A day after being elected as a member of parliament for the first time, Shakib Al Hasan turned up at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur as he gears up for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), starting on 19 January.
Shakib, still an all-format captain of Bangladesh, earned a landslide victory in the Magura-1 constituency to be elected as an MP. With "Boat symbol" as an Awami League candidate, he pulled 1,85,388 votes. His nearest candidate Rezaul Hasan of the Bangladesh Congress got 45,933 votes.
But he did not stay long in Magura after the election as his first challenge was to prove his fitness after recovering from the finger injury sustained during the World Cup.
He was ruled out of the home and away series against New Zealand because of this injury.
The all-rounder was seen entering the indoor facilities of the stadium this afternoon. Before his entrance, his childhood mentor Nazmul Abedeen Fahim also entered the indoor facilities.
Shakib worked with Fahim regarding his batting in the midst of the World Cup. It is believed he would further work with Fahim to get rid of the technical glitches that hampered his batting of late.
