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Shakib now in Cricket Australia’s ODI team of the decade
DHAKA, Dec 24, 2019 (BSS) – Cricket Australia now selected Shakib Al Hasan
in their ODI team of the decade after the Bangladesh ace all-rounder found a
place in the Wisden’s best ODI team of the decade.
Shakib scored 4276 runs and claimed 177 wickets in this decade, playing
131 matches.
He has five centuries and 35 half-centuries with the highest of 124 runs,
which came at the average of 38.87 and his strike rate was 86.07.
He has got two five-wicket hauls in this decade with the best of 5-29 and
at an average of 30.15. His economy rate is 4.72 runs per over when in this
decade the batsmen found it easier to make runs in abundance.
“The second-highest wicket-taker in one-day cricket this decade,
Bangladesh’s star player — who was sadly embroiled in a corruption scandal
earlier this year — is a genuine all-rounder of the highest quality,”
Cricket Australia wrote in their website to justify the selection of Shakib.
“He may not possess the strike power of other batsmen in this side, but
he’s been a consistent performer with the bat in a Bangladesh team that has
offered him precious little support at times over the past decade.
“Throw in his potent left-arm spin and he’s a hard man to overlook,” it
further wrote. Shakib has been given the No. 5 position in batting order, in
which England limited over cricket captain Eoin Morgan was his competitor.
Another Bangladeshi Mushfiqur Rahim was also in contention for wicket-
keeping role in the Cricket Australia’s team but India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni
edged him to bag the role. Dhoni is also selected as the captain of the team.
Three Indians, two South Africans, one each from Bangladesh, Afghanistan,
Australia, New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka got selected in the Cricket
Australia’s ODI team of the decade. Cricket Australia’s ODI team of the
decade: Rohit Sharma (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Virat Kohli
(India), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Jos
Buttler (England), MS Dhoni (India), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Mitchell
Starc (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka).
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