A League Apart - The Best Cricketers Ever From Each Nation

Shakib Al Hasan - Bangladesh

Bangladesh v England - 2nd Test Day One

Number one all rounder in the world at the moment. That distinction alone highlights his greatness. Shakib's on-field performances and off-field professionalism has set a benchmark that is followed by peers and juniors alike.

As a bowler, Shakib is deadly accurate and consistent; aggression and a wide range of strokes are the keys to his batting. Spearhead of both the batting and bowling department, he created history by topping the ranking charts as number 1 all rounder in all three formats.

He is the first batsman from Bangladesh to score five hundreds, despite mainly batting down the order.

Throughout his career, and still going strong, Shakib has managed to amass 9785 runs so far, and taken 482 wickets and counting.