Shakib ul Hassan, the best player in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747’s cricket team
In recent times Bangladesh cricket team has had little to cheer about regarding their performances in all forms of cricket. Though they have beaten England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, their victories are a result of some brilliant individual performances.
Bangladesh’s team has many talented individuals, but they lack team work. It might be due to the lack of mental maturity as the team is quite young. Sometimes, they fell short when it comes to assessing the conditions due to lack of professionalism and mental
strength.
Their inability to perform in different conditions proves their lack of application. So they only rely on stunning individual displays that guide them to victory, but not very often. Sometimes, you can win a match relying on some individuals, but most of
the times you will lose because consistency in winning matches requires a complete team effort. One of the star performers for Bangladesh has been their talismanic all-rounder, who else than Shakib ul Hassan.
Shakib is the most consistent player in the current Bangladesh team. He is a talented left hand batsman with a reasonable technique and has the ability to hit the ball anywhere around the park. In addition, he bowls gritty left arm spins and has a decent
arm ball to surprise quality batsmen around the World.
The consistent all-rounder hits the ICC rankings for all-rounders at number 3 in Test cricket. His all-round record in Test cricket tells of consistency.
In Test cricket, Shakib has been a part of 21 matches, scoring 1179 runs at an average of 31 with a best of 100. His tally of runs includes a single century at cauldrons of Hamilton in Feb 2010.
As a bowler he has come of age in the longer version of the game in the recent past. He has gathered 75 wickets at an average of 32 with best figures of 7/36 in an innings, and 9/115 in a match. Shakib has come up with some brilliant match winning shows
in Test cricket.
In 2009 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashrafe-Mortaza-c1917 as a captain in the 2nd Test of a two match series. In the first innings the left arm spinner took 3/59 as West Indies crumbled to 247. He failed to make an impact with the bat in
the first innings as Bangladesh conceded a 15 run lead.
Moreover, his tally of 5/70 in the 2nd innings made sure that West Indies did not pile a huge target for them to win a Test match. So the host’s only managed to set Bangladeshi’s a target of 215 runs.
In start, Bangladesh crumbled for 4/67, in their chase of 215 runs. A hero was needed for them. In came their captain, Shakib ul Hassan, who with his brilliant unbeaten 96 guided his team to victory as Bengal’s tigers secured a 2-0 Whitewash over their
hosts.
The top ranked all-rounder in ODIs has done better in the shorter version of cricket.
Overall, in ODIs, he has featured in 95 contests, amassing 2523 runs at an average of 33 with a best of 134. In his tally of runs he has struck 4 centuries.
The left arm spinner has blossomed with the ball more than with the bat in the limited overs version. He has taken 113 wickets at an average of 30 with a best of 4/33.
In the recently concluded ODI between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Mirpur, the dashing left hander piled a match winning 58 runs off 51 balls to guide his team to a total of 229 runs, which was looking like a target of 210 runs.
The Kiwis started their chase brilliantly as they bludgeoned Bangladesh’s opening bowlers for 53 runs in 6 overs. Shakib imposed himself again in the 15th over as he went passed the defenses of Brendon McCallum, who was well set on 61 off 45
balls.
Furthermore, on the 4th ball of the 15th over, Shakib did throw a straighter one in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Grant-c60671 Elliot’s pad, which he missed and was given out leg before wicket. He then added to his tally to confirm an ODI win for his team, ending with
match figures of 4/41. His all-round performance secured him a man-of-the-match award.
Shakib is destined to be one of the all-time greats in Bangladesh cricket.
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