"I am not sure where I am going next, but it is almost sure that I am not going home," Shakib told ESPNcricinfo via WhatsApp on Thursday. According to AFP, Youth and Sports adviser Asif Mahmud said in a statement that he had advised Shakib not to return to the country to 'avoid untoward situations'"I have advised Shakib not to come [to Bangladesh] to avoid any untoward circumstances," Asif said. Shakib is a former lawmaker from the party of autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled by helicopter to India in August. "I was to return home... but now I don't think I can," Shakib told broadcaster bdnews24.com. Shakib apologised in a Facebook post earlier this month for remaining silent during the revolution.
