Shakib, who has played for Bangladesh for 19 years, told the selectors and the national cricket board (BCB) this week of his pending test retirement, and his immediate retirement from Twenty20s. He wants to continue in one-day internationals until the Champions Trophy in February in Pakistan.

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is the leading all-rounder of his era, whose laundry list of achievements is rivalled only by his disciplinary infractions and his brief political career under his country's loathed ex-leader.

Shakib Al Hasan is Bangladesh’s best cricketer ever, with 14,721 runs and 708 wickets in international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20Is combined) to his name.

Former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan has announced his intention to retire from international cricket with a murder case related to the

Shakib Al Hasan, one of Bangladesh’s greatest cricketers, has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals, effective immediately. The 37-year-old all-rounder also revealed that the upcoming Dhaka Test against South Africa in October would be his final appearance in the longest format,

The second test against India this week could be Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's last in this format if he is denied a home farewell next month, the under-pressure player said in an abrupt announcement on Thursday.

Bangladesh's most accomplished cricketer Shakib Al Hasan announced he is retiring from Test cricket, bringing an end to one of the most successful, albeit controversial, careers in the country's short cricket history.