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#1 Shakib al Hasan

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One of the biggest reasons why Bangladesh are considered a strong team today is the performance of Shakib al Hasan. Currently captain of the T20 team, Shakib has nearly 3500 runs in Test cricket at an average of 40.92 with 21 fifties and 5 hundreds including a double hundred. With the ball, Shakib has taken 176 wickets at an average of 33.04 with 15 five-wicket hauls.

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He is currently ranked the top all-rounder in all formats of the sport, and has produced numerous brilliant performances for Bangladesh lately with both bat and ball. The 30-year old played a crucial role in Bangladesh defeating England at Dhaka where he took 4/49 when England were chasing 273.

Following the England series, Shakib scored a mammoth 217 from 276 deliveries against New Zealand at Christchurch in an innings that constituted 31 boundaries. Shakib al Hasan then produced another spectacular performance during the series against Sri Lanka, taking three wickets at the first Test at Galle which was followed by a wonderful 116 in the second innings of the second Test in addition to a spell of 4/74.

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It helped Bangladesh restrict the hosts to 319 in the second innings which meant a target of 191 for Bangladesh to chase down, which they did. Shakib was eventually adjudged the Player of the Series.

Shakib is easily Bangladesh’s talisman coming to the series and he will be expected to create a big impact throughout the series with both bat and ball.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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