Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান) (born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He is an all-rounder batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He is currently placed 2nd at Reliance ICC Test & ODI Championship All-Rounder Rankings and 4th at Reliance ICC T20I All-Rounder Rankings.He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level playing 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006. Shakib made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006, and his Test debut the following May against India. During a match against New Zealand in 2008, Shakib took the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh player in Tests, 7 wickets for 36 runs. From January 2009 to April 2011 and again from March 2012, Shakib was ranked first amongst ODI all-rounders by the ICC. In December 2011, he became the worlds top-ranked Test all-rounder. Shakib was appointed Bangladeshs vice-captain in June 2009. During Bangladeshs tour of the West Indies the following month, the captain Mashrafe Mortaza was injured and Shakib took over the captaincy. He was 22 years old at the time. Initially a temporary position, Shakibs success against the West Indies, securing his sides first overseas series win, ensured his retention of captaincy even after Mortaza recovered. Shakib was named The Wisden Cricketers Test Player of the Year in November 2009. In July 2010, he stepped down from the ODI captaincy to concentrate on his personal performance. Mortaza took over until he became injured again and Shakib was asked to resume leadership. This lasted until he was relieved of captaincy in September 2011. Shakib is Bangladeshs highest wicket taker in test matches. He is considered to be the best cricketer Bangladesh has ever produced. Domestically Shakib has represented Khulna Division since 2004, and in 2010 he spent several months playing for Worcestershire in England, becoming the first Bangladeshi player to represent an English county. For the 2011 Indian Premier League, Shakib was contracted by Kolkata Knight Riders. In the first season of Bangladesh Premier League, he captained Khulna Royal Bengals, and in the second season he led Dhaka Gladiators to the tournament title. According to Prothom Alo sports editor Utpal Shuvro, Shakib was fairly proficient [at cricket] and was often hired to play for different villages.[3] In one of these matches Shakib impressed an umpire who arranged for him to practice with the Islampur Para Club, a team in the Magura Cricket League. During the practice session, Shakib batted aggressively and bowled fast, as he usually did, but also chose to experiment with spin bowling which proved to be effective. He was picked to play for Islampur and took a wicket with his first ball; it was his first delivery with a proper cricket ball, having previously generally played with a taped tennis ball. He spent six months training at Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Pratisthan,[3] a government-run sports institute.[4] In 2005, during the final of a tri-nation tournament involving England and Sri Lankas Under-19 teams, Shakib scored an 86-ball century and took three wickets to lead his team to victory.[5] Between 2005 and 2006, Shakib played 18 youth One Day Internationals; he scored 563 runs at an average of 35.18, and took 22 wickets at an average of 20.18.
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