Sensational Shakib keeps Bangladesh's semis hopes alive and kicking

Shakib Al Hasan has established himself as the best allrounder so far in the World Cup 2019 with another sensational performance helping Bangladesh to a 62run win over Afghanistan and keep their semifinal hopes very much aliveMushfiqur Rahim 83 off 87 balls and Shakib 51 off 69 showed their class on a difficult surface to help Bangladesh post a competitive 262 for seven after Afghanistan opted to field at the Hampshire BowlShakib who also became the tournaments leading run getter on way to his halfcentury was also exceptional with the ball The leftarm spinner ended with figures of five for 29 for in 10 overs his best in ODI cricketWith this incredible effort Shakib also became only the second cricketer after Indias Yuvraj Singh to score a fifty and take a fivewicket haul in a World Cup matchChasing 263 was always going to be tough for a fragile Afghanistan batting lineup but 48 for no loss in 10 overs raised hopes that the Gulbadin Naibled side might just get its first win of the tournament after six losses in a rowHowever the batting fell apart after Shakib removed Rahmat Shah 24 and from 49 for no loss Afghanistan were reeling at 132 for six The seventh wicket stand for 56 runs between Samiullah Shinwari 49 not out and Najibullah Zadran 23 saved them the blushes Afghanistan were eventually all out for 200 in 47 oversOn Aghanistans World Cup semis chances Shakib Al Hasan had this to sayShakib Al Hasan its difficult mathematically but in cricket anything can happen CWC19 pictwittercomcVDr2916mumdash Saj Sadiq Saj_PakPassion June 24 2019Bangladeshs third win in seven games took them to seven points and if they win their remaining fixtures against India and Pakistan the Mashrafe Mortazaled unit will end the league stage with 11 pointsEarlier Rahim and Shakib shared a 61run partnership laying the foundation for a decent score on a slow surface The IndiaAfghanistan game here on Saturday also saw batsmen struggle to score freelyMosaddek Hossain 35 off 24 provided the muchneeded fireworks in the death overs taking the total past 250 The standout bowler for Afghanistan was spinner Mujeeb UrRahman 339 troubling the batsmen with his variationsLiton Das 16 was promoted to open the innings alongside Tamim Iqbal 36 with Soumya Sarkar pushed down the order Das could not make the opportunity count and was caught at cover off MujeebIqbal and star allrounder Shakib then shared a 59run stand before Mohammad Nabi hit the formers stumps leaving Bangladesh at 82 for two in 17 oversShakib who surpassed David Warner to become the tournaments leading rungetter played a gritty knock that included just one fourThe worlds premier allrounder has so far scored two hundreds and three halfcenturies in the competitionRahim who too has been in sublime form like Shakib played another valuable knock for his team Had he not fired Bangladesh would have struggled to go beyond 225 His innings comprised four boundaries and a sixTwitter was all praise for Shakib Al Hasan here are some reactionsIn the history of world cricket whenever the uprising of Bangladesh will be mentioned one man will be hugely credited and that player is Shakib He is an extremely accomplished player with ball as well as bat CWC19 ShakibAlHasanmdash Abhishek Jain cinemanabhishek June 25 2019Shakib Al Hasan has become the first player IN HISTORY to score 400 runs and take 10 wickets in a single World CupRecordsetterBANvAFG AFGvBAN CWC19 pictwittercomTAF2O9zegymdash CricBlog cric_blog June 25 2019Sah75official ShakibAlHasan you are the beauty of word cricketLove you brotheru00f0u009fu0092u009a pictwittercomu40BxcVAOBmdash Fahim Sahariar Rupok sahariarupok June 24 2019Best bowling figures for u00f0u009fu0087u00a7u00f0u009fu0087u00a9 in World Cups u00e2u009cu0085 Most wickets for u00f0u009fu0087u00a7u00f0u009fu0087u00a9 in World Cups u00e2u009cu0085 Most runs for u00f0u009fu0087u00a7u00f0u009fu0087u00a9 in World Cups u00e2u009cu0085 Most runs of anyone in CWC19 u00e2u009cu0085 Ladies and gentlemen Shakib Al HasanRiseOfTheTigers pictwittercomYR47zbcstgmdash Cricket World Cup cricketworldcup June 24 2019Shakib Al Hasan todayFirst Bangladesh bowler to take a fivefor in WC First Bangladesh player to score 50 and take 5 wickets in an ODI Second player after Yuvraj Singh to this double in a WC match First player in WC history to score 1000 runs and take 30 wickets Legendmdash Mazher Arshad MazherArshad June 24 2019Thats a wrapBangladesh win by 62 runs and the allround magnificence of Shakib Al Hasan has been at the heart of the performance BANvAFG CWC19 pictwittercomh6V5RXoGjjmdash ICC ICC June 24 2019476 runs amp 10 wicketsShakibAlHasan become 1st player in Cricket history with 400 runs and 10 wickets in a CWC editionRespect man u00f0u009fu0099u008f u00f0u009fu0099u008fBANvAFG pictwittercomIuiCKguTldmdash Pradip Hazra PradipMsd7 June 24 2019Bangladesh win for the third time in CWC19Not for the first time this tournament Shakib Al Hasan is their star man u00f0u009fu008cu009f CWC19 BANvAFG RiseOfTheTigers pictwittercomqGULklaNj3mdash Cricket World Cup cricketworldcup June 24 20191132 Players Played World CupAmong Them Shakib Al Hasan Only Player To Score 1000 Runs amp To Pick 30 Wickets In WorldcupBANvsAFGmdash CricBeat Cric_beat June 24 2019Shakib Al Hasan becomes only the third player after Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh to score a century and take a fivewicket haul in World Cup seasonmdash Broken Cricket BrokenCricket June 24 2019Shakib Al Hasan joins an elite club of allround excellence at the World Cup u00f0u009fu0091u008f CWC19 BANvAFG httpstcoSrA6KiP8Q2 pictwittercom2OXKk61Drnmdash ESPNcricinfo ESPNcricinfo June 24 2019400 runs u00e2u009cu008510 wickets u00e2u009cu0085Shakib Al Hasan becomes the first allrounder in World Cup history to achieve this incredible double u00f0u009fu0099u008cu00f0u009fu0099u008chttpstcoSrA6KiP8Q2 CWC19 pictwittercomXrnwYiKS3Emdash ESPNcricinfo ESPNcricinfo June 24 2019With inputs from PTICatch up on all the latest sports news 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