Star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from bowling in all competitions organized by the England Cricket Board (ECB) after his action was declared illegal at independent testing at Loughborough University earlier this month. His action has been called into question by the umpires in the month of September, in his one-off appearance for Surrey in the County Championship. Watch Shakib Al Hasan's Illegal Bowling Action Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from bowling in all ECB competitions.pic.twitter.com/fpo2H6PNbF — Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) December 13, 2024 To overturn the ban, the allrounder need to pass an independent reassessment of his action that is, his degree of elbow extension in testing will need to be below the 15-degree threshold. The suspension is officially dated from December 10, the date when the England Cricket Board received the results of the assessment from Loughborough University. Shakib took nine wickets in that match for Surrey in Taunton in September and it was his first appearance in county cricket since 2010-11. Also Read | Inconsistent line-length by India ensure no damage to Aussies on rain affected first day Of late, his career has been filled by controversy stemming from his role as a member of Parliament in the now-overturned Awami League government in Bangladesh, following protests in which several hundred civilians mostly university students were killed in July and August. Shakib Al Hasan is really a big name in the cricketing world, but his controversies have been a problem for him throughout his career. There have been some instances where he ended up losing his respect in the cricketing world. Now he is again struck into another controversy. Talking about him as a player, then he is probably one of the greatest allrounders the game of cricket has ever produced; he has created some great moments in his cricket career. He has won so many matches for the Bangladesh team during his playing days. But now he has retired from the T20I format, but he has been out of action for a while from other formats.