World Cup 2019, Week 4: Best playing XI of the week

Wicket-keeper - Mushfiqur Rahim

Australia v Bangladesh - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Matches - 2, Runs - 103, Average - 103, Fours - 9, Six - 1

While it is true that Mushfiqur Rahim scored only a single run in the match against Windies, however, his century in the match against Australia hands him a spot in this team.

Given that the Australians have a strong bowling attack, Rahim's knock certainly spoke volumes of the wicket-keeper batsman's skill set with the bat in hand. Apart from this, his three catches behind the stumps made him the prime pick for this position.

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All-rounders - Shakib Al Hasan and Carlos Brathwaite

Australia v Bangladesh - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Matches - 2, Runs - 165, Average - 165, Wickets - 2

Another Bangladesh player to feature in this team is Shakib Al Hasan. The all-rounder has impressed everyone with his batting performances in the World Cup. His match-winning 124* versus the West Indies in the week booked his place in this team. In the same game, he also picked two wickets to prove his all-round skill.

Against Australia, the all-rounder essayed a run-a-ball 41-run knock but in vain as Bangladesh fell short of their chase by 48 runs.

Carlos Brathwaite

Match - 1, Runs - 101, Fours - 9, Sixes - 5; Wickets - 2

Burly all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite featured in just one of West Indies' two games in the fourth week and still makes the squad, courtesy of his scintillating 82-ball 101 that almost stole the match away from New Zealand.

Chasing 292 against a strong New Zealand bowling line-up, West Indies found themselves in trouble at 164-7 from 26.5 overs as Kemar Roach walked in to join Brathwaite with them needing 128 runs from 23.1 overs.

Brathwaite took up the onus of the scoring as he made his way to a mind-boggling century comprising of nine fours and five sixes but was unfortunate to end on the losing side. Apart from his century, Brathwaite also picked two crucial wickets and was his side's best player on the day.