Bangladesh all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan who was banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last October for breaching the Anti-Corruption Code has said, its the people who commit mistakes but it is very important to be strong enough to make a comeback.
Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all forms of cricket for 12 months on October 29 after he was found guilty of breaching ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. He will be only eligible to resume playing cricket from October 29 2020.
“You have to be honest. You just can’t lie to the people and pretend different things. Whatever happened has happened. People are bound to make mistakes. You are not 100%. The important thing is how well you can come back from those mistakes. You can tell other people not to make those mistakes. Tell them the path so that they never take those paths,” Shakib told Deep Dasgupta on ESPNcricinfo.
Shakib has seen himself getting in trouble several times in his career. During 2009 season the allrounder made into the headlines due to his tiff with the board chief, selectors and the media. He had then said that he was not happy with the selection decisions especially after not being made the permanent captain between 2009-10.
However, the all-rounder cited that a player evolves and gets matured overtime in his career and it was just a phase of his career.
“I think [it’s] combination of both [controversy following him, and vice versa]. I got the responsibility so early in my career, I was bound to make mistakes. I was captain when I was 21. I made a lot of mistakes, and there are so many things that people think about me. Now I realise that it was my fault in some areas, and in some I was misunderstood. But I get it completely. It is part and parcel in the subcontinent,” Hasan said.
The 33-year-old all-rounder is expected to make a comeback by the time Sri Lanka and Bangladesh play each other in October for the series which was pushed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
