Shakib Al Hasan will not play for Bangladesh again, the country's sports advisor Asif Mahmud has declared, after the cricketer put up a social media post on Sunday wishing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on her birthday.

It started with Shakib posting a simple message, to which Asif responded - though not with Shakib's name - with: "All of you have abused me a lot for not rehabilitating one person. But I was right. End of the discussion."

Shakib went next, posting: "So someone has finally accepted that it's because of him that I can never put on the Bangladesh jersey again, because of whom I can't play for Bangladesh again. Maybe I will return to my motherland one day. Love you, Bangladesh."

There were more messages out in public, before Asif spoke to the Dhaka-based Channel 24

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