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World Cup 2019: Bangladesh Not a One Man Army, says Shakib Al Hasan

Harshita Sharma

Shakib Al Hasan has been the engineer of every one of Bangladesh's three triumphs at the World Cup however the all-rounder denies they are a limited armed force.

The 32-year-old made 51 on Monday to recover his situation as the competition's driving scorer and logged the progressing World Cup's best bowling figures of 5-29 in their far-reaching triumph against Afghanistan.

His excellent all-around show earned him his third man-of-the-coordinate honor of the competition however Shakib likewise recognized the commitment from his partners, including Mushfiqur Rahim who top-scored with 83.

"Dislike that… we have had a few commitments," Shakib stated, rejecting they are basically an exclusive armed force.

"You generally need, particularly on wickets like this, to string together little commitments from various players. Fortunately, I'm progressing admirably, yet a group can win just on the off chance that others likewise contribute. 

Shakib's fifth 50 or more score in six innings, which additionally contained two centuries, takes his count to 476, in front of Australian David Warner (447). 

"We've seen something very similar in bowling division as well, with others likewise contributing," said Shakib who has asserted 10 wickets in the competition.

Mustafizur (Rahman) and (Mohammad) Saifuddin additionally have 10 wickets, which is very noteworthy.

Shakib turned out to be just the second player, after India's Yuvraj Singh, to score a fifty and take a five-wicket pull in a World Cup coordinate.

He is likewise the primary player to score 400 runs and take at least 10 wickets in a World Cup.

The turn bowling all-rounder, in any case, would not rate his presentation against Afghanistan which kept their semi-last expectations alive.

"I don't rank my exhibition however it's delightful when I'm contributing both with ball and bat. Against Afghanistan, the arrangement was to bat full 50 overs on Hampshire Bowl's moderate wicket and post an aggregate around 240," he said.

"It was anything but a 300-350 sort of wicket. Our objective was to bat full 50 overs and 240 was the base target. I thought it was great reasoning."

"We needed to bat full 50 overs and on the off chance that we got some additional runs, we'd accept it as a little something extra. That is actually what occurred and we got 25 additional runs. That gave us an edge, to go out and bowl Afghanistan out.

Bangladesh faces previous victors India and Pakistan in their next two matches and Shakib needs the group not to lose their core interest.

"We have a significant game coming against India. They are a top side, one of the title contenders. It won't be simple however having said that we'll do as well as we possibly can," he said.

"They got world class players who can win matches without any help. We must be taking care of business. I accept as a team, we are proficient enough"

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