Player sprints, but doesn't return to normal speed

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{

public CharacterController controller;

//**** WALKSPEED AND NORMALSPEED NEED TO BE THE SAME
public float walkSpeed = 12f;
public float jumpHeight = 100f;
public float sprintSpeed = 18f;
public float moveSpeed = 0f;

public float gravity = -9.81f;

Vector3 velocity;
Vector3 moveDirection;

public Transform groundDetector;
public float groundDistance = 0.4f;
public LayerMask groundMask;

bool isGrounded;

void Start()
{
    controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundDetector.position, groundDistance, groundMask);

    float moveX = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
    float moveZ = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

    if (isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
    {
        velocity.y = -2f;
    }

    if (isGrounded && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
    {
        velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);
    }

    //Sprint if player is holding left-shift and "W" at the same time, should return to walking speed when left-shift is let go.

    moveDirection = new Vector3(moveX, 0, moveZ);
    Debug.Log(moveDirection);

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftShift) && moveZ == 1 && isGrounded)
    {
        walkSpeed = sprintSpeed;
    }

    if(moveZ == -1)
    {
        Debug.Log("Moving backwards");
    }

    Vector3 move = transform.right * moveX + transform.forward * moveZ;

    controller.Move(move * walkSpeed * Time.deltaTime); ;

    velocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;

    controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);

}

}

You have set walkSpeed as sprintSpeed overwriting it, i think you were meant to set moveSpeed = sprintSpeed and the in controller.Move(move * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

and there is a double ; at the end of that line

You never assign walkSpeed which is a class variable another value after “walkSpeed = sprintSpeed;”.
So letting go of the KeyCode.LeftShift on the keyboard does nothing, sprintSpeed will stay on.

You set walkSpeed to sprintSpeed and never set it back to walkSpeed. Also, you never check if the Shift has been released. So, your code will never get back to walkSpeed.
Also, notice that GetKeyDown() returns true only once in the one exact frame update when the button has been pressed. In any other moment it’s always false.
In your case you need to use GetKey() instead. This one will continuously return true in every frame while the user holds the button pressed, and will return false in any other frame when the button is not held down (released).
Also, to not mess things up you’d better use one more variable, to have non-changable walkSpeed and sprintSpeed and add a new currentSpeed as the one that will be assigned with 12f or 18f depending on does the character sprint or not.

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) && moveZ == 1 && isGrounded)
{
    currentSpeed = sprintSpeed;
}
else
{
    currentSpeed = walkSpeed;
}
...
controller.Move(move * currentSpeed * Time.deltaTime);