World Cup 2019: Three players who can win the Player of the Tournament award

Bangladesh have been propelled by the brilliance of Shakib Al Hasan.

#1 Shakib Al Hasan

The 1999 World Cup had Lance Klusener. The 2011 World Cup had Yuvraj Singh. Now, the 2019 World Cup has an all-round performance which should be right up there with Klusener and Yuvraj. That series of performances has bee provided by Shakib Al Hasan.

Shakib has come of age in this World cup, scoring a mammoth 606 runs at an average of 87. He has also taken 11 wickets at an economy rate of 5.39. To put things into perspective - Klusner had scored 281 runs and picked up 17 wickets in '99 and Yuvraj scored 362 runs and picked up 15 wickets in his dream World Cup in 2011. Both Klusner and Yuvraj won the Player of the Tournament award and Shakib has a strong case to win it this year.

The all-rounder has been the backbone of Bangladesh and many-a-times almost single-handedly won them matches. Shakib is the first player to score 600 runs and take 10 wickets in a single edition of the World Cup. Even though Bangladesh did not qualify for the semi-finals, he deserves to take home the Player of the Tournament award.