Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer

Shakib Al Hasan born 24 March 1987 is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who currently captains the Bangladesh national team in test and T20I formats. He is well known for being one of the best all-rounders of all time by being at top of the ICC all-rounder rankings for a total of almost 10 years. His aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order, controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling, and athletic fielding has helped him win trophies in top leagues across the world.

Considered as one of the greatest cricketers to have ever graced the game, Shakib is acknowledged as the best all-rounder in the world with the Longest amount of time spent as the International Cricket Council no.1 ranked player in history and is still in the highest current rankings in Test and ODI formats of the game (As Of Writing July, 2018). In 2015, Shakib became the first and only cricketer in history to be ranked the No.1 all-rounder by ICC in its Player Rankings in all three formats of the game (Test, Twenty20 and One Day Internationals). On 13 January 2017, he registered the highest individual score (217) by a Bangladeshi batsman in Tests.

On 28 August 2017, Al Hasan became the 4th bowler in Test history to record a 5-wicket haul against all Test Playing nations (except Afghanistan and Ireland, who have only just granted Test status earlier that year.) when he grabbed 5 wickets against Australia in his first encounter with the team. He also scored a half-century in the first innings. In the second innings, he only scored 8 runs with the bat, but he grabbed another 5 wickets to secure his first 10-wicket haul and the win. However, after the series, Al Hasan opted to take a break from Test to focus on limited-overs games.

In April 2018, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded a central contract by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) ahead of the 2018 season. Later the same month, he was named in the Rest of the World XI squad for the one-off T20I against the West Indies, to be played at Lord's on 31 May 2018.[170] On 24 May, he became the second T20 player to take 300 wickets and score 4000 runs in the format.