Four wins in five matches, Bangladesh has not had such a good time in T20. Winning the first two matches against Australia after winning the series in Zimbabwe. Many are contributing. Among all, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah sees the contribution of Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman as great.
Bangladesh beat Australia by five wickets in the second T20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday. Afif Hossain won the match best award in an unbeaten 38-run match-winning inning. But Shakib and Mustafiz also had a big role.
In the first match, Shakib contributed 1 wicket for 24 runs in tight bowling with an innings of 36 off 23 balls. This time he took 1 wicket for 22 runs and played a short but effective inning of 28 runs.
And Mustafiz took 2 wickets for 18 runs in the first match in frugal bowling. This time he took 3 wickets with only 23 runs.
Shakib’s improvement in batting-bowling two rankings
In the previous match, Australia stopped at 108 runs. This time the visitors can do only 121 in front of the bowlers controlled bowling. At the award ceremony at the end of the match, Mahmudullah said that Shakib and Mustafiz were important in both the matches.
“Our bowlers have done very well, holding them to 121 runs. Shakib was important in both batting and bowling. He has shown how important he is to the team. ”
“Mustafiz’s best is always available in such conditions. It is quite effective in such conditions. Shariful bowled very well. Everyone who bowled did well today. ”
Shakib has shown how important he is
He is the highest run-scorer as well as the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in ICC ODI World Cups. He is also the only cricketer to score 1000 runs and to take 30 wickets in World Cup.
In June 2019, Shakib became the fastest player to score 6,000 runs and take 250 wickets in ODIs in just 199 matches.
