Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is a well-liked personality in the country, as evidenced by his overwhelming victory in parliament following the general elections.
According to the Dhaka Tribune, Shakib, who was running in the elections from the town of Magura, won with a whopping 1,85,388 votes.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had endorsed Shakib Al Hasan to easily win the polls,
using hitting a six as a metaphor while wishing him success in his campaign.
According to the article, she said the following:
You are not required to offer a speech. With the ball, you can hit sixes and take wickets. In the election, I just struck a six again.
Hasina’s party, the Awami League, easily won the election and currently has 223 seats in parliament to establish a new government.
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Shakib Al Hasan has announced that he is not retiring from football
AFP questioned Shakib Al Hasan during his campaigning about his temporary absence from cricket
was only related to the elections or if he had no ambitions to return to the game.
The all-rounder didn’t appear thrilled with the subject, adding that he had never ruled out retiring from international cricket. He stated:
Did I call it quits? Where does this inquiry come from if I haven’t retired?
After a lengthy story between Shakib and Tamim Iqbal, the former was named Bangladesh’s World Cup captain after the latter was declared injured.
Shakib couldn’t recreate his spectacular 2019 World Cup performance with the bat, as Bangladesh endured a World Cup to forget.
Only Afghanistan and Sri Lanka finished higher in the league phase table.
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