10 greatest Bangladeshi cricketers of all time

#6. Habibul Bashar

Habibul Bashar's major contribution to Bangladesh cricket could the fact that he carried a below par team in international cricket without getting affected by its frequent failures and kept on scoring runs in the middle order when batsmen around him walked back as quickly as they arrived.

Bashar was a genuine batsman in a team where the technique was a rarity and could play all strokes from the coaching manuals. Importantly he converted his potential into performances and was known as 'Mr. Fifty' for his ability to score the fifties frequently.

His century in the Karachi Test against Pakistan in 2003 was the highlight of his career and that innings proved how crucial he is for Bangladesh. With that century, Bashar ensured his team stayed in the contest. Also, his first international hundred, which came against Zimbabwe in 2001 was effective as well.

He scored more than three thousand five hundred runs in ODIs and more than 2000 runs in Tests and during his era, was Bangladesh's premiere batsmen but his average in ODIs remained a little above 20, a serious injustice to his batting talent.