He is the First Bangladeshi Batsman to reach the milestone of 4000 ODI runs, second ever to take 200 ODI wickets for Bangladesh, only the Third ever Cricketer to score a Century and take 10 wickets in a Test Match after Legends like Ian Botham and Imran Khan, only the Fourth All-Rounder in history to score 250+ runs and take 15+ wickets in a 3-test match series and on January 2015 became the First (and till date the Only) Cricketer to Simultaneously Top the ICC All-Rounder Rankings across all the formats of the game-Test, ODI & T20.
This is Shakib Al Hasan for you or call him the #SuperShakib from Bangladesh Cricket. For the past one year, Shakib has been extremely consistent with both the bat and the ball. He was appointed ODI and T20 Vice-Captain in the Zimbabwe Series in October-November 2014, and, from thereon, registered some terrific achievements under his belt and took himself to new heights.
He put on a display of exquisite all-round performance to help the Tigers clinch the Test Series 3-0 against Zimbabwe. He took 6 wickets in the First Innings of the First Test and authored an even more amazing performance in the Second Test by scoring a Century and taking 10 wickets in the same match and that too in his home-ground at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna. At the same ground, he played a responsible knock of 76 runs in the Second Innings of the First Test against Pakistan, helping his team achieve an exciting draw.
In the ODIs, he scored 101 runs and grabbed 4 wickets in the first ODI against Zimbabwe, then went on to take 11 wickets in the series and contributed strongly in the 5-0 Banglawash. Shakib dragged his amazing form to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 as well. He played a well-timed knock with Mushfiq against Afghanistan to help his team start off the CWC15 campaign with a big win. The number one All-Rounder in all formats of cricket exhibited his all-round performances by scoring a crucial fifty in the 318-run chase against Scotland and bowling at a good economy against England, thus confirming the Quarter-Finals for the first time ever. He captained the Tigers against New Zealand and almost led the team to victory.
Against Pakistan at home in April-May’15, Shakib bowled well and played his part in the 3-0 ‘Banglawash’. He scored back to back fifties against India in the first two ODIs and contributed with the ball equally well to cruise the Tigers to victory in both the matches, and eventually to the first ever ODI series win against the Two-times World Champions. Shakib dominated the Proteas as well with his bowling, giving away only 30 runs in his 10 overs in the second ODI to instigate a collapse in the SA batting and then the Tigers went on to win the match with 22.2 overs to spare. Shakib led the bowling unit to another exclusive performance in the third ODI, helping Bangladesh to win the ODI Series 2-1, coming from 0-1 down.
During this period, Shakib played 23 ODIs scoring 603 runs at an average of 37.68, with one century and five half-centuries, and took 36 wickets with the best bowling figure of 4/41 in the ODI Series with Zimbabwe. He excelled yet more with even better all-round performances in the Tests, scoring 545 runs at an average of 49.54 in 13 innings of 8 matches and grabbing 25 wickets. His extraordinary all-round performances in some key matches have resulted in some super results across all formats of the game. He is the #SuperShakib from Bangladesh.
This is Shakib Al Hasan for you or call him the #SuperShakib from Bangladesh Cricket. For the past one year, Shakib has been extremely consistent with both the bat and the ball. He was appointed ODI and T20 Vice-Captain in the Zimbabwe Series in October-November 2014, and, from thereon, registered some terrific achievements under his belt and took himself to new heights.
He put on a display of exquisite all-round performance to help the Tigers clinch the Test Series 3-0 against Zimbabwe. He took 6 wickets in the First Innings of the First Test and authored an even more amazing performance in the Second Test by scoring a Century and taking 10 wickets in the same match and that too in his home-ground at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna. At the same ground, he played a responsible knock of 76 runs in the Second Innings of the First Test against Pakistan, helping his team achieve an exciting draw.
In the ODIs, he scored 101 runs and grabbed 4 wickets in the first ODI against Zimbabwe, then went on to take 11 wickets in the series and contributed strongly in the 5-0 Banglawash. Shakib dragged his amazing form to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 as well. He played a well-timed knock with Mushfiq against Afghanistan to help his team start off the CWC15 campaign with a big win. The number one All-Rounder in all formats of cricket exhibited his all-round performances by scoring a crucial fifty in the 318-run chase against Scotland and bowling at a good economy against England, thus confirming the Quarter-Finals for the first time ever. He captained the Tigers against New Zealand and almost led the team to victory.
Against Pakistan at home in April-May’15, Shakib bowled well and played his part in the 3-0 ‘Banglawash’. He scored back to back fifties against India in the first two ODIs and contributed with the ball equally well to cruise the Tigers to victory in both the matches, and eventually to the first ever ODI series win against the Two-times World Champions. Shakib dominated the Proteas as well with his bowling, giving away only 30 runs in his 10 overs in the second ODI to instigate a collapse in the SA batting and then the Tigers went on to win the match with 22.2 overs to spare. Shakib led the bowling unit to another exclusive performance in the third ODI, helping Bangladesh to win the ODI Series 2-1, coming from 0-1 down.
During this period, Shakib played 23 ODIs scoring 603 runs at an average of 37.68, with one century and five half-centuries, and took 36 wickets with the best bowling figure of 4/41 in the ODI Series with Zimbabwe. He excelled yet more with even better all-round performances in the Tests, scoring 545 runs at an average of 49.54 in 13 innings of 8 matches and grabbing 25 wickets. His extraordinary all-round performances in some key matches have resulted in some super results across all formats of the game. He is the #SuperShakib from Bangladesh.
Minhaz Ali Khan Plabon
Sports Reporter at TigerCricket.