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Shakib set for Bangladesh swan song in home South Africa Tests
The Peninsula
Dhaka: Controversial ex skipper Shakib Al Hasan was expected to return home Thursday for what he says is his swan song when Bangladesh host South Afri...
Dhaka: Controversial ex-skipper Shakib Al Hasan was expected to return home Thursday for what he says is his swan song when Bangladesh host South Africa in a two-Test series.
The series starting October 21 in Mirpur, near the capital Dhaka, is the first international cricket fixtures in Bangladesh since a student-led revolution toppled the autocratic premier.
Sheikh Hasina fled by helicopter to India on August 5 as crowds stormed her palace in Dhaka.
More than 700 people were killed in the unrest, according to Bangladesh's health ministry.
The 37-year-old Shakib has not returned to Bangladesh since the toppling of Hasina's government, in which he served as a lawmaker.