World Cup 2019: Week 6 - Best Playing XI of the Week

Middle Order: Shakib Al Hasan, Faf du Plessis (c) and Nicholas Pooran (wk)

Shakib Al Hasan Faf du Plessis

Matches - 2, Runs - 130, Average - 65, Fours - 12, Wicket - 1

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stunned everyone with his performances in the 2019 World Cup. Shakib took up the number 3 position of the Bangladeshi batting line-up and scored over 600 runs in the tournament. In week 6, Shakib scored two half-tons against heavyweights India and Pakistan.

Though his team did not win either of the matches and is also out of the semifinals, Al Hasan's performance will go down as one of the best individual performances in World Cup history.

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Match - 1, Runs - 100, Average - 100, Fours - 7, Sixes - 2

Faf du Plessis hit his first hundred of the 2019 World Cup is the last match of the group stage of the World Cup. This was the first century from any South African batsman in this tournament which shows why they finished at the 7th position in the points table.

Nevertheless, Du Plessis helped his team record a memorable win over Australia in their last match.

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Nicholas Pooran

Matches - 2, Runs - 176, Average - 88, Fours - 17, Sixes - 5

The most underrated player of the West Indies team, Nicholas Pooran put up a solid batting performance for his team in the final week. In the first fixture of the week, Pooran scored a magnificent hundred versus Sri Lanka, however, he could not take his team over the line.

In West Indies' final match, Pooran hit a quick half-century to help his team reach 311/6 in the match against Afghanistan. The left-handed batsman emerged as the best wicket-keeper batsman of the week.