Shakib Al Hasan

He has won 41 man-of-the-match awards, highest for Bangladesh and 16 man-of-the-series awards, 3rd highest, all formats.

Khondaker Sakib Al-Hassan (Shakib Al Hasan; Bengali: খন্দকার সাকিব আল হাসান; born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and politician.

He is a member of Parliament.

He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling.

He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi cricketer and one of the greatest all rounders of all time.

Shakib played his debut Under-17 match against UAE Under-17s in 2003 in the ACC Under-17 Cup where he got a bowling figure of 3–18 in 8 overs (with 2 maiden overs).

In May 2004, at the age of 17, Shakib made his first-class debut for Khulna where he got a bowling figure of 0/116 of 30 overs in the 1st innings and 3/92 of 28 overs in the 2nd innings.

Shakib first represented Bangladesh at the Under-19 level in November 2005 in the 2005 Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup against India Under-19.

In his debut match, he scored 24 of 23 balls with four 4s and also achieving a bowling figure of 2/26 in 10 overs with 2 maidens by taking his first wicket of Tanmay Srivastava.

In the tournament, Shakib played 5 matches scoring 138 runs at an average of 38.50 and getting 5 wickets at an average of 25.20.

On 30 November 2005, 15-years-old Shakib guided Bangladesh to a four-wicket win over England in the opening match of the tri-nation Under-19 tournament (involving England and Sri Lanka) with his 82 of 62.

During the final of a tri-nation tournament, Shakib scored an 86-ball century and took three wickets to lead his team to victory.

In his 18 youth One Day Internationals, he has scored 563 runs at an average of 35.18 with three 50s and one 100 and a high score of 100 and took 22 wickets at an average of 20.18 with an economy of 3.68 and a best figure of 4/34.

In 2006, Shakib made his T-20 debut against Zimbabwe.

Shakib Al Hasan made his Test debut in 2007 against India.

His breakthrough came in the Test against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2008 where he picked up 7 wickets for 36 runs, the best figures by a Bangladeshi bowler at the time.

He quickly established himself as one of the team's leading performers.

He has scored over 4,000 runs and taken more than 200 wickets in the format.

Between 2009 and 2022, he captained the Bangladesh cricket team in 120 matches across all three formats.

Shakib Al Hasan is an integral asset to the Bangladesh cricket team and has been a consistent performer for his country over the years.

He is the most controversial figure in Bangladesh, always making it to the top of the news headlines.

He was included in the ICC Men's Team of the Year twice (2009, 2021).

As of October 2023, Shakib holds the record for the 2nd most men's T20 International wickets.

Born in Magura, Khulna, Shakib started playing cricket at an early age.

According to Prothom Alo sports editor Utpal Shuvro, Shakib "was fairly proficient at cricket and was often hired to play for different villages and teams".

In one of those matches Shakib batted aggressively and bowled fast, as he usually did, but also chose to experiment with spin bowling which proved to be not so 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 played with a taped tennis ball.

He spent six months training at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, a government-run sports institute.

In the 2012 Asia Cup, Shakib scored 237 runs, including three fifties, and took six wickets.

Bangladesh progressed to the tournament's final for the first time, but eventually lost to Pakistan by 2 runs.

He has played for various T20 tournaments around the world for many teams, including Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jamaica Tallawahs and Dhaka Dominators, where he won the Indian Premier League (IPL) twice with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014.

He also won the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) title 3 times in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with Dhaka Dominators.

He was named the player of the tournament in BPL four times in 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2022.

He also scored 13 of 11 with three 4s in the 1st innings and 16 of 43 in the 2nd innings.

His 1st first-class wicket was Rakibul Hasan.

He has also captained the team on their first-ever Test match win over England in 2016.

In ODIs, Shakib has been more successful.

He has scored over 6,000 runs and taken more than 270 wickets in the format, becoming the fastest and only player in history to achieve the double of 5,000 runs and 250 wickets in ODIs.

He is considered one of the most impactful players of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, where he broke record of maximum runs scored in the group stages of the world cup which was previously held by Sachin Tendulkar and finished as the third-highest run-scorer scoring 606 runs in total at the tournament.

He was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN in 2019.