BSS, Dhaka :
Shakib Al Hasan will play a four-day County Championship game today when his side Surrey will take on Somerset at Taunton.
The ace all-rounder is recruited for this game only in the County Championship. After the game, he will join the Bangladesh team in India for a series including two Tests and three T20 Internationals.
The four-day game is expected to give him a perfect preparation platform for the Test series against India.
Surrey are currently leading the point table with seven wins, three draws and just one defeat in 12 matches. Somerset are their closest rivals, occupying the second spot in the point table.
Several players who played for England will represent those two teams and so a highly competitive game is on the cards.
Shakib played any English county club as the first Bangladeshi in the 2009-10. He played eight first-class matches for Worcestershire that time. He also played the NatWest T20 Blast for Leicestershire in 2013.
Shakib got NOC to play in the county from September 5 to 14.
The star all-rounder headed to England, straight from Pakistan, where Bangladesh achieved a historic success, sweeping the two-match Test series against the hosts.
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