It is one of our top win- Shakib
BCB- Roton Gomes
|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan said on Sunday that their win against South Africa is one of their biggest win.
Tigers began their journey in style as they defeated South Africa by 21 runs in their WC opener that was flooded with records.
Tigers posted their highest ODI score as they put on 330 runs while Shakib, who picked the man of the match for his all-round performance, wrote his name in the history book as well.
As the 32-year old picked up the wicket of Eiden Markrram to claim 250 wickets in ODIs, which makes him the fastest all-rounder in cricket’s history to reach the rare double of 5,000 runs and 250 ODI wickets.
Only four players–Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzak, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya, completed this double before him.
‘’I think this is one of our top wins. We have had a few upsets before in World Cup, but this time we want to prove and the start can't get any better,’’ said Shakib
‘’Before arriving here, we had the belief, we needed this start and we need to build on the momentum. I played two years for Worcestershire and I know the conditions here,’’ he said.
‘’We played the 2017 Champions trophy and we had a fair idea about how the wickets behave, knew it was good for batting. Didn't know about the record (record partnership for the third wicket), we had a good start and we both (himself and Rahim) knew that we needed to build on that opening,’’ he said.
‘’Our confidence is really good at the moment, the next game here against New Zealand is a big game, they are a strong team and will come hard at us. Looking forward to that match,’’ he concluded.
