Gary Sobers is regarded as the greatest ever all-rounder to grace the game
#1 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
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Shakib has been the world’s No.1 all-rounder for a long time
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Arguably the greatest all-rounder among the current crop of international players, Shakib Al Hasan has been one of the biggest reasons behind Bangladesh’s success in the recent past. Beating Pakistan, India and South Africa in back to back series is the biggest achievement for Bangladesh cricket till now and Shakib was an important member of that team.
Shakib has been the most valuable member of the Bangladesh team ever since making his debut against Zimbabwe in 2006. He is a rock solid middle order batsman and knows when to accelerate and can play the big shots really well.
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He has been the main reason why Bangladesh has done really well in World Cups recently. Shakib is an intelligent bowler and bowls with immense control and guile and has been a primary wicket taker for Bangladesh.
The Bangladeshi has scored 4,398 runs in 157 matches at an impressive average of 35.18. With the ball in hand, the all-rounder has also picked 206 wickets an average of 27.89 per wicket.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
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