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Bangladesh cricket fans lambasted former captain Shakib Al Hasan, a member of parliament belonging to Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s party, for keeping mum during the recent political unrest in the country.

Shakib Al Hasan, who is currently in Canada to play the GT20 league, was confronted by Bangladeshi fans who chanted slogans against him. The all-rounder did not respond and walked away silently.

Shakib was elected a member of the National Assembly on a ticket of the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina Wazed.

Earlier in a similar incident, Shakib Al Hasan landed in hot water due to being ‘tight-lipped’ on the recent anarchy in the South Asian country.

He was recently questioned about it by a fan in the GT20 Canada 2024 but Shakib, in response, asked, “What did you do for the country?” His remarks further enraged the cricket fans.

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When probed about the incident, the Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board Mohammed Jalal Yunus asserted that he was unaware before stating that Shakib should not have made such comments.

“I haven’t seen the video, so it wouldn’t be right for me to comment. However, what he did was certainly not correct. Everyone has contributions in different areas, and questioning Shakib’s contributions wasn’t appropriate.” Jalal said.

Mashrafe Mortaza’s residence set on fire

On Monday, angry demonstrators set fire to the home of former captain Mashrafe Mortaza, a former Khulna Division member of parliament belonging to the Awami League.

He had secured the seat in Bangladesh’s general elections earlier this year for the second time in a row as an Awami League candidate,. Following Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s departure from the nation, demonstrators damaged and set fire to Mashrafe Mortaza’s home.

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BRAMPTON: Shakib Al Hasan backed his economical bowling figures of 1/24 with an anchoring knock to power Bangla Tigers Mississauga to edge Surrey Jaguars by two wickets in the ongoing GT20 Canada 2024.

In a match that was reduced to 18 overs per side, Tigers’ captain Shakib won the toss and put Jaguars into bat first.

The Jaguars’ batting unit struggled against a Curtis Campher-led Tigers bowling attack and was ultimately curtailed to 108/8 in the allotted overs.

Campher ran through the Tigers’ middle and lower order and returned brilliant figures of 4/17 in his three overs.

He was supported by Dilon Heyliger, Shakib Al Hasan, Shoriful Islam and David Wiese, who picked one wicket apiece.

Wicketkeeper batter Shreyas Movva remained the top-scorer for the Jaguars with a cautious 21, followed by Virandeep Singh (17) and Sunil Narine (16*twoi).

Chasing a modest 109-run target, the Tigers had to make hard yards as they lost eight wickets in the process and amass the total on the third delivery of the final over.

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The Tigers had a shaky start to the pursuit as they lost their opener Khalid Shah (1) in the third over with just 19 runs on the board.

Coming out to bat at No.3, Shakib Al Hasan took the reigns of the Tigers’ batting charge and led them from the front with a sensible knock.

The star all-rounder finally perished in the 16th over after putting his team in touching distance.

He remained the top-scorer for the Tigers with a 30-ball 36, which featured four fours and a six.

Besides him, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (19), Muhammad Waseem (16) and Iftikhar Ahmed (12) were the other notable contributors.

Ben Lister was the pick of the bowlers for the Jaguars with 3/12 in his four overs, followed by Logan van Beek and Sunil Narine, who bagged two wickets each.

The two-wicket victory lifted Bangla Tigers Mississauga to the second in the GT20 Canada 2024 standings with eight points in six matches while Surrey Jaguars remained fifth with three points in as many matches.

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MIRPUR: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday, confirmed the availability of their star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan.

Jalal Yunus, Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee of the BCB claimed to have spoken to Shakib Al Hasan regarding his availability and also that the all-rounder expressed his willingness to feature in the forthcoming series against Pakistan.

“We spoke with Shakib, and he is available for the Pakistan series. If he doesn’t have time, he will leave directly from Dubai, or he might come to Dhaka to practice for a day or two before joining the team. He will be available for the Pakistan series,” said Yunus.

Remember, Shakib Al Hasan has been in hot water due to being tight-lipped on the recent anarchy in the country.

He was recently questioned about it by a fan in the GT20 Canada 2024 but Shakib, in response, asked, “What did you do for the country?” His remarks further enraged the cricket fans.

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When probed about the incident, Yunus asserted that he was unaware before stating that Shakib should not have made such comments.

“I haven’t seen the video, so it wouldn’t be right for me to comment. However, what he did was certainly not correct. Everyone has contributions in different areas, and questioning Shakib’s contributions wasn’t appropriate.” Jalal said.

It is worth mentioning here that the Bangladesh cricket team will touch down in Pakistan on August 17, while the first Test match will commence on August 21.

The second match of the series will be played from August 30 to September 03.

It is pertinent to mention here that the series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-2025.

The Green Shirts boast an undefeated record against Bangladesh, securing 12 victories out of 13 games, while one match ended in a draw.

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NORTH SOUND: Bangladesh’s veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Saturday, became the first to take 50 wickets in the Men’s T20 World Cups.

The left-arm spinner achieved the feat in his side’s T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match against India when he dismissed Rohit Sharma in the fourth over of the first innings.

Shakib, however, had a tough outing with the ball against India as he conceded 37 runs in three overs.

Bowlers with Most Wickets in T20 World Cups

• Shakib Al Hasan: 50 wickets
• Shahid Afridi: 39 wickets
• Lasith Malinga: 38 wickets
• Wanindu Hasaranga: 37 wickets
• Saeed Ajmal: 36 wickets

For the unversed, Shakib is one of the few players to have featured in every T20 World Cup edition since its inception in 2007.

He is also the second leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 148 scalps in 128 matches, only behind New Zealand’s Tim Southee, who has 164 wickets to his name.

It is worth mentioning here that Bangladesh need to chase 197 runs in a must-win T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match against India.

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Put into bat first, India finished at 196/5 in their allotted 20 overs, courtesy of Hardik Pandya’s quickfire half-century.

Pandya, who came out to bat at No.6, bolstered India’s total with belligerent hitting. He smashed four fours and three sixes on his way to an unbeaten 50 off 27 deliveries.

Besides Pandya, Virat Kohli (37), Rishabh Pant (36) and Shivam Dube (34) were the other notable contributors for India.

Rishad Hossain and Tanzim Hasan Sakib bagged two wickets each for Bangladesh while Shakib Al Hasan made one scalp.

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HOUSTON: Veteran Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan opened up about the reasons for his side’s shocking series loss against the United States of America (USA) on Thursday.

The USA defeated Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Prairie View Cricket Complex to register their first T20I series win over a Test-playing nation.

Shakib Al Hasan, while talking to the media after the match, stated that the team could not get enough practice due to rain and limited facilities at the venue.

“If we take this as a preparation series for the World Cup, in that case, we should have a lot more batting and bowling sessions and there should have been more facilities that we didn’t get at all,” said the former captain.

“For one day there was rain and we could not do anything on that day, while there are four grounds but we could train on only three pitches which I don’t think is ideal. And I think these things could have been better.”

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However, Shakib praised the USA team for their efforts and expressed disappointment over the crushing series loss.

“Certainly it is disappointing and we didn’t expect it but we must give credit to the US team for the way they have played,” he added.

The all-rounder admitted that the Bangladesh side did not play at their best and termed the series loss against the USA a wake-up call ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.

“I think no one expected that we would lose two games. Any match you lose as a team is disappointing. But having said that we have to play the World Cup and this series might be a wake-up call for us as we haven’t played the way we want to play,” Shakib concluded.

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DUBAI: Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Waninda Hasaranga and Bangladesh’s veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan are tied at the top of the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20I all-rounder rankings ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.

Both players are set to enter the mega-event as top-ranked T20I all-rounders after Shakib Al Hasan lost two points due to his unimpressive performance in the T20I series against Zimbabwe.

Hasaranga, who was ranked second, joined the Bangladesh star on top, separated by 10 points from the third-ranked Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza played brilliantly against Bangladesh to jump two places, reaching the fourth spot, followed by the South African captain Aiden Markram at fifth.

After the conclusion of Pakistan’s three-match T20I series against Ireland, star all-rounder Imad Wasim rose to the joint 16th position in the all-rounders’ rankings. He also jumped 24 spots to equal 52nd in the T20I bowling rankings.

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Pakistan’s top-order batter Fakhar Zaman jumped four places to 57th in the ICC Men’s T20I batting rankings on the back of his impressive showing against Ireland.

Meanwhile, Ireland’s Andrew Balbirnie, who ended the series with 128 runs at 42.66, rose six places to 53rd in the batting rankings.

His teammate Harry Tector jumped 12 spots to 69th after scoring 98 runs against Pakistan at an average of 49 and a strike rate of 130.66.

There was not much movement in the T20I bowling rankings, other than Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed jumping three places to 23rd and Mustafizur Rahman gaining five spots to reach 25th.

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Bangladesh on Wednesday recalled all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman for the final two T20Is of the five-match series against Zimbabwe.

Former captain Shakib has not played a T20 since July 2023 and was this year elected as a member of parliament for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling party.

Shakib has refused to draw the curtains on his cricket career, and his participation in this series is the strongest indication that he will compete in next month’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled in the West Indies and the United States of America (USA).

“We expect him to play in the World Cup. This is why he is back in the squad for this series,” Jalal Yunus, the cricket operations chief of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), told AFP.

Left-arm pace bowler Mustafizur was rested for the first three matches after returning from the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he was the season’s joint-highest wicket-taker for the Chennai Super Kings.

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Top-order batsman Soumya Sarkar also returned to the side after missing the first three matches due to injury.

Parvez Hossain Emon and Afif Hossain, both named in the squad for the first three matches but neither making the XI, have been left out. Meanwhile, pace bowler Shoriful Islam also rested to accommodate the returning trio.

Bangladesh have already sealed the series 3-0, with the last two matches scheduled in Dhaka on Friday and Sunday.

The Zimbabwe tour is the last home series for Bangladesh before the T20 World Cup kicks off on June 1.

Yunus said the BCB expected to announce its World Cup squad at the end of the series.

Bangladesh Squad

Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Liton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Soumya Sarkar, Tanvir Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin.

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DHAKA: Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Tuesday, was recalled to the Bangladesh squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, scheduled to commence on March 30.

Shakib last represented Bangladesh at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and his last Test was in April 2023, against Ireland.

Notably, Shakib is currently a parliamentarian, having successfully stood for the ruling Awami League during the general elections in January.

Besides his political duties, he is also featuring in the 50-over Dhaka Premier League this month.

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Shakib Al Hasan was recalled to the squad by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after the hosts succumbed to a hammering 328-run defeat against Sri Lanka in Sylhet on Monday.

Towhid Hridoy, who is yet to make his Test debut, made way for Shakib in the squad after being left out of Bangladesh’s Playing XI for the first Test.

Uncapped Mushfik Hasan has been ruled out of the second and final Test because of an ankle injury and was consequently replaced by fellow pacer Hasan Mahmud.

The home side was outclassed by Sri Lanka in all departments but their batting unit disappointed the most as they failed to amass 200 runs in either innings.

Bangladesh Test squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Zakir Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Liton Das, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud.

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the last group match of his side against Australia in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 due to a fractured index finger.

Shakib broke his finger while batting in the ICC World Cup 2023 match which was overshadowed by Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews becoming the first player in the history of international cricket to be timed out following an appeal by the Bangladesh skipper which he refused to withdraw.

“Shakib was struck on his left index finger early in his innings but continued to bat with supportive taping and painkillers,” said team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan.

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“He underwent an emergency X-ray in Delhi after the game, which confirmed the fracture on the left PIP joint. Recovery is estimated at three to four weeks. He will leave for Bangladesh today to begin his rehab.”

Shakib played a blistering knock of 82 runs from 65 deliveries, laced with 12 boundaries and two sixes.

Bangladesh went on to win the match by three wickets, knocking Sri Lanka out of the ICC World Cup 2023, while Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged man of the match for his all-round exploits.

Bangladesh have only managed to win two of their eight games in the ICC World Cup 2023 and are already out of contention for the final four.

However, they are placed at the seventh spot in the ten-team points table and their last match holds significance for their chance to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said teammate and ex-captain Tamim Iqbal’s “totally childish” behaviour prompted his exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2023 squad.

Tamim, 34, was left off the squad for the ICC World Cup 2023 starting in India next week, because of concerns over the back injury that has plagued him throughout the year.

He had just returned to the side for a home series against New Zealand after a two-month absence following his shock resignation in July, rescinded a day later after the personal intervention of Bangladesh’s prime minister.

Tamim said after the ICC World Cup 2023 squad was announced that he was fit enough to play but had refused a request by selectors to skip the opening match and bat down the order later.

“It is totally childish,” Shakib Al Hasan told local broadcaster T-Sports on Wednesday evening, hours after Tamim’s comments.

“A player should bat at any position for the team. Team first. It doesn’t make any difference if you have made 100 or 200 and the team loses. What can you do with personal achievement? You want to make a name for yourself?”

He added: “Unless you are thinking along those lines, you are not a team man. You are playing for individual records, success, fame and name. Not for the team.”

Over his career, Tamim Iqbal established himself as one of the country’s most dependable players and is the only Bangladeshi to score centuries across all three formats.

But he stunned his colleagues in July by announcing his immediate international retirement, at a tearful press conference in the middle of the home series he was captaining against Afghanistan.

Tamim had come under heavy criticism for deciding to play the first match despite admitting to being not 100 percent fit.

A day later he was summoned to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who pressed him to reverse his decision, and instead took a hiatus that saw him skip the Asia Cup.

He returned to the side last week for the opening two matches of the ODI series against New Zealand but was rested for the third.

Bengali newspapers reported that Shakib Al Hasan and coach Chandika Hathurusingha insisted that only fully fit players be named to the World Cup 2023 squad.

However, Shakib Al Hasan denied a role in Tamim’s exclusion but insisted he would not prefer a player in the team with any kind of uncertainty.

“If I know there’s uncertainty about him playing… or that I will only know on the morning of the game, it will be difficult for me to select the team. I don’t think we need such a player.”

“If you ask me personally, if I was the company CEO, I wouldn’t keep that employee.”

Bangladesh travelled to India on Wednesday for its two warm-up matches against Sri Lanka on Friday and against England next Monday.

The side will then move to Dharamshala for their tournament opener against Afghanistan on October 7.

Bangladesh Squad for ICC World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (vc), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Mahmudullah

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