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Shakib Al Hasan

Cricketer
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer and statistically the most successful player in the nation's history. He is an all-rounder batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox.
Born: March 24, 1987 (age 27), Magura District
Height: 1.75 m
Career start: January 1, 2005

Current age : 27 years 66 days

Major teams Bangladesh, Adelaide Strikers, Bangladesh A,Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Barbados Tridents,Dhaka Gladiators, Khulna Division, Kolkata Knight Riders,Worcestershire

Also known as Saqibul Hasan

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	34	65	5	2278	144	37.96	3792	60.07	2	16	284	12	14
ODIs	133	128	20	3779	134*	34.99	4797	78.77	5	25	333	28	36
T20Is	35	35	2	752	84	22.78	587	128.10	0	4	78	20	9
First-class	69	128	12	4180	144	36.03			5	26			37
List A	161	155	21	4435	134*	33.09	5541	80.03	5	30	391	31	47
Twenty20	139	127	17	2319	86*	21.08	1786	129.84	0	9	216	71	35

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	34	56	8292	4074	122	7/36	9/115	33.39	2.94	67.9	4	11
ODIs	133	132	6800	4884	165	4/16	4/16	29.60	4.30	41.2	4	0
T20Is	35	35	769	832	44	4/21	4/21	18.90	6.49	17.4	2	0
First-class	69		14346	6800	221	7/32		30.76	2.84	64.9	6	16
List A	161	159	7951	5657	194	4/16	4/16	29.15	4.26	40.9	7	0
Twenty20	139	139	3047	3329	172	6/6	6/6	19.35	6.55	17.7	3	2

Career statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, May 18-22, 2007
Last Test	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chittagong, Feb 4-8, 2014

ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, Aug 6, 2006
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 6, 2014

T20I debut	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006
Last T20I	Bangladesh v Australia at Dhaka, Apr 1, 2014

First-class debut	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI v Zimbabweans at Chittagong, Jan 1-3, 2005
Last First-class	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chittagong, Feb 4-8, 2014
List A debut	Bangladesh A v Sri Lanka A at Bogra, Apr 4, 2006
Last List A	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 6, 2014
Twenty20 debut	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006
Last Twenty20	Punjab T20 v Kolkata T20 at Kolkata, May 27-28, 2014

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
18, 1/43	Kolkata T20	v Punjab T20	Kolkata	27 May 2014	T20
1/25, 1	Kolkata T20	v Hyderabad	Kolkata	24 May 2014	T20
60, 0/27	Kolkata T20	v Bangalore	Kolkata	22 May 2014	T20
0/30, 46*	Kolkata T20	v Chennai T20	Kolkata	20 May 2014	T20
2/22	Kolkata T20	v Hyderabad	Hyderabad (Deccan)	18 May 2014	T20
1/21, 9	Kolkata T20	v Mumbai T20	Cuttack	14 May 2014	T20
1/13	Kolkata T20	v Delhi T20	Delhi	7 May 2014	T20
1/25, 21*	Kolkata T20	v Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	5 May 2014	T20
2/25, 0	Kolkata T20	v Chennai T20	Ranchi	2 May 2014	T20
1/23, 29*	Kolkata T20	v Rajasthan	Abu Dhabi	29 Apr 2014	T20

Profile

A talented left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, Shakib Al Hasan is unarguably the best cricketer that Bangladesh have ever had. As a bowler, he is accurate, consistent, and canny; and his aggression and a wide range of strokes are the keys to his batting. Even more importantly, he has self-belief an excellent temperament, unflustered by the big occasion and ready to do battle against the top teams.

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