Najmul lauds Shakib's performance amid off-field scrutiny

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto praised all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for putting in a star turn with three wickets in the second innings of a historic Test win over Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

Shakib was named in a murder case filed on Thursday (August 22) by Rafiqul Islam, the father of garment factory worker Rubel who was killed on Aug 5 in Dhaka's Adabor. Following the accusation, Shajib Mahmood Alam, a lawyer of the Supreme Court, sent a legal notice to the BCB on Saturday through email and registered post on behalf of Advocate Md Rafinur Rahman, asking for the removal of Shakib from all 'forms' of cricket with immediate effect.

BCB president Faruque Ahmed insisted that they will