10 greatest Bangladeshi cricketers of all time

#1. Shakib Al Hasan

Arguably the greatest all-rounder produced by Bangladesh and their biggest match-winner as well, Shakib Al Hasan is the essential cog in Bangladesh's team for all three formats.

Despite featuring in Tests for more than a decade, he has played only 51 Tests. But his tally of 188 wickets and 3594 runs puts him among the best all all-rounders across the world. His left-arm bowling is highly effective and he has more than 200 ODI wickets and batting in the middle-order has rescued the team on several occasions. He has scored close to five thousand ODI runs.

In Bangladesh first overseas Test win in 2009, Shakib claimed eight wickets and then scored 96* in the fourth-innings against West Indies and in 2007, he picked up seven wickets in one inning in the Test against New Zealand. Against the same opponents in the Champions trophy game in 2017, he smashed 114 runs to set-up a successful chase.

In 2011, Shakib scored 144 runs against Pakistan at Dhaka and also picked up seven wickets in the same Test. In the Test series against England in 2017, he picked 12 wickets while in Bangladesh's first Test win against Australia in 2017, he picked ten wickets.

Those statistics speak for themselves.