Shakib failed the independent re-assessment test conducted at the Sri Ramachandra Centre for Sports Science in Chennai, India last month.
“While Shakib is currently unable to bowl, he is eligible to continue playing as a batsman in all forms of domestic and international cricket,” the BCB said in a statement.
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Bangladesh are free to pick the 37-year-old as a specialist batter for the Champions Trophy, with the eight-team competition kicking off on Feb. 19 in Karachi.
Shabib has received support for his inclusion in the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in February both by the Bangladesh Cricket Team Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and BCB president Faruque Ahmed.
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The former Bangladesh skipper was suspended from bowling in December, after initial independent assessment at the testing centre of Loughborough University, an ICC-accredited testing center in the UK, for exceeding the maximum permitted elbow extension of 15 degrees.
His action was scrutinised by on-field umpires – Steve O’Shaughnessy and David Millns – in his one-off appearance for Surrey in September – his first appearance in the County Championship since the 2010-11 season. Upon the disclosure of the report on December 15, 2024, Shakib was restricted from bowling in any format of the game.
“Consequently, the player’s existing suspension from bowling in international cricket following the initial independent assessment at the testing centre of Loughborough University in the UK, also remains in place,” the BCB said in a statement on Saturday.
In 2019, he received a two-year ban from playing after the International Cricket Council found he had breached its anti-corruption code.
Shakib has represented Bangladesh in 71 tests and scored 4609 runs and picked up 246 wickets, 247 ODIs scored 7570 runs and took 317 wickets, and 129 ODIs made 2551 runs and picked 149 wickets. The veteran all-rounder who is based in the US has not returned to Bangladesh since playing his farewell Test against South Africa in Mirpur, due to Banglasdesh’s political instability.
