Shakib Al Hasan

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Shakib Al Hasan

Personal information
Full name	Shakib Al Hasan
Born	24 March 1987 (age 25) Magura, Bangladesh
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All rounder
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 46)	18 May, 2007 v India
Last Test	21 November, 2012 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 81)	6 August, 2006 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	22 March, 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	75
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–present	Khulna Division
2010–2011	Worcestershire
2011–present	Kolkata Knight Riders
2012	Khulna Royal Bengals
2013-present	Dhaka Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	28	126	63	153
Runs scored	1,835	3,635	3,737	4,285
Batting average	35.98	35.63	34.92	33.74
100s/50s	2/11	5/25	5/21	5/30
Top score	144	134*	144	134*
Balls bowled	6,963	6,452	13,017	7,567
Wickets	102	160	201	189
Bowling average	32.56	28.85	30.08	28.40
5 wickets in innings	9	0	14	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	7/36	4/16	7/32	4/16
Catches/stumpings	11/–	35/–	34/–	46/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 December, 2012

Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান) (born 24 March, 1987) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. Also known as Shakibul Hasan, is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006. Shakib made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006, and his Test debut the following May against India. During a match against New Zealand in 2008, Shakib took the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh player in Tests, 7 wickets for 36 runs. Until then, Shakib had been considered more of a batsman than a bowler, although still an all-rounder. From January 2009 to April 2011 and again from March 2012, Shakib was ranked first amongst ODI all-rounders by the ICC. In December 2011, he became the world's top-ranked Test all-rounder.
Shakib was appointed Bangladesh's vice-captain in June 2009 when Mashrafe Mortaza replaced Mohammad Ashraful as captain. During Bangladesh's tour of the West Indies the following month, Mortaza injured himself and Shakib took over the captaincy. He was 22 years old at the time. Initially a temporary position until the recovery of Mortaza, Shakib's success against the West Indies, securing his side's first overseas series win, ensured his retention of captaincy even after Mortaza's recovery. He was named The Wisden Cricketer's "Test Player of the Year" in November 2009. In July 2010, he stepped down from the ODI captaincy to concentrate on his personal performance. Mortaza took over until injury struck again and Shakib was asked to assume the role. He was relieved of captaincy in September 2011.
Domestically Shakib has represented Khulna Division since 2004, and in 2010 he spent several months playing for Worcestershire in England, becoming the first Bangladeshi player to represent an English county. For the 2011 Indian Premier League, Shakib was contracted by Kolkata Knight Riders. In the 2012 Bangladesh Premier League, he captained Khulna Royal Bengals.