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Shakib Al Hasan expresses his desire to bat on number three in the upcoming world cup.  But he is willing to bat on the lower order too if the team needs him to do so. Before this Bangladesh have tried Liton,Sabbir and Soumya in this position but none of them stayed there for long.

In 2014, he first batted at the number three position against Zimbabwe. He made a duck at his first try then he scored 29 runs against South Africa on his second try in 2017. Later on, he scored two half centuries against West Indies in their home turf, that three match series certainly gave him confidence about his ability to bat on the number three position.

Since then, Shakib played 13 innings for Bangladesh in the number three position and he has scored  492 runs at an average of 41 with five half centuries.  In his illustrious career Shakib has played majority of his innings at number five where he scored 3852 runs from 125 innings with five centuries and thirty half-centuries at an average of 35.33 runs.

“At one  time I had to come on to the crease between first 10 overs even if I batted on number five.   But now things have change, I don’t get a chance to bat before 35-40 overs if I bat on number five position. I think the earlier the better, personally I want to play on number three. I have also told the coach and the captain. But nevertheless I don’t have any problem to play anywhere for the team. I have the mentality to consider.”  He quoted.

Shakib also explained the reasons about his sudden change in the fitness. In his word he has found something that made him realize that now it’s the time work on his fitness. He said,