Bangladesh’s Raqibul Hasan announces retirement at 22

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: March 11, 2010

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Dhaka: In a shocking move, Bangladesh’s young middle order batsman, Raqibul Hasan, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket ahead of Bangladesh’s home test series against England, a Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Wednesday.

Hasan, just 22, hit an unbeaten century and a half century in the three-day practice match against England and was a certainty to feature against the visitors in the first Test match beginning in Chittagong on Friday.

“He wrote a letter to us this morning, withdrawing himself from the Test series against England. He also announced his retirement from all forms of cricket,” Bangladesh Cricket Board director Jalal Yunus told AFP. “It has stunned us. He is a brilliant cricketer and has played two superb knocks against England just days back. Coach Jamie Siddons and Raqibul’s parents tried to change his mind. But he is adamant.”

Hasan made his Test and one-day debuts in 2008 and has played seven Test matches and 41 one-day internationals. He is the only Bangladeshi player to have hit a triple century in first class cricket.

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