Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan indicated that he is in the dark as far as taking part in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, scheduled at UAE from November 6.

Shakib, who desired to play his last Test at home against South Africa while announcing his retirement from Test and T20 during the Kanpur Test against India in September, did not return home to feature against the Protease due to security reasons.

Shakib, who was accused in a murder case by the Adabor police station during the unrest that led to the fall of the government while playing the Test series against India, continued playing the series as BCB allowed him to play for the national team until he was proven guilty.

The board had also assured that Shakib wouldn't face any trouble if he were to return to Bangladesh to play against South Africa though later changed their stance to make sure that no untoward incident take places during the Test series against South Africa as they were skeptical more so after the ICC Women’s World Cup was shifted from Bangladesh to UAE for unrest,

While Shakib announced his retirement from the shorter and longer format of the game, he was eyeing to end his international cricket career by playing the Champions Trophy in 2025 considering he was ready to continue with his one-day internationals.

As a result he is expected to feature in the ODI series against Afghanistan as well as in the following ODI series against West Indies to prepare for the global event.

However, Shakib said that he is yet not informed by the board regarding his next course of action as far as wearing the national jersey is concerned.

“How I can tell bhai (whether I will be playing the ODIs against Afghanistan or not) BCB can tell about it,” Shakib was quoted in Cricbuzz on Monday.

It was learnt that he is ready to play for Bangladesh, if selected, though many quarters feel that it would not be wise to pick him for the ODI series as he is not being part of the team and would be playing these series and tournaments coming from outside like an overseas cricketer representing national team

Member of Bangladesh Cricket Board’s selection panel confirmed Cricbuzz that they are not sure whether they can pick Shakib or not for the ODIs against Afghanistan as they did not receive any kind of information in this regard from the BCB high-ups, who are expected to make the last call on whether to pick the experienced campaigner for the series or not.

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