Shakib Al Hasan sizzle as Captain, Best Player of the Series

Shakib Al Hasan - "Man of the Series"

Shakib Al Hasan is the latest buzz making rounds in the Bangladesh cricket fraternity for his all round performance in the recently concluded Test Series (captain, spin bowler & batsman, agile fielder). His performance as a standing captain in place of the injured Mashrafe Mortaza, paid rich dividends with a team well handled resulting in a clean sweep of the West Indies.

Shakib's statistics of the West Indies series:

Shakib Al Hasan's Batting statistics :
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
159 runs with the bat (96* highest)

Shakib Al Hasan's Bowling statistics:
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
13 wickets
109.1 overs
31 maidens
Gave away 244 runs
5/70 best bowling figure in an inning
8/129 best bowling figure in a Test

These figure suggest the all round effectiveness of the player and thus rightly deserves the "Best Player of the Series"

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Mashrafe Mortaza named captain for Bangladesh’s tour of West Indies

Mohammad Ashraful greets the new captain Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Mortaza seems to have a great year. Being purchased by Kolkatta Knightriders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at a whopping 6 million USD and now being named as the new Captain to succeed over Mohammad Ashraful for the forthcoming West Indies tour. He could not have asked for more for this year.

Bangladesh getting a bad welcome after an unsuccessful campaign of the 20 20 World Cup as compared to Ireland and Netherland. The defeat at the hands of Ireland was not expected and accepted by the Board and the fans. Some major changes were expected as seen in the captaincy move.

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