Shakib claims five-for in World Cup ‘’special’’
BCB : Roton Gomes
|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Shakib al Hasan said on Monday that he is happy to contribute with the cherry as he believe that was the missing link in an otherwise dominating performance so far in the World Cup.
Bangladesh talisman Shakib Al Hasan revealed in multiple records to script his side’s 62-run win over Afghanistan and thereby kept the Tigers alive in the World Cup semifinal race.
He became the first Bangladeshi bowler to claim a five-for that was the most significant feat in record-filled day for him at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday.
Before producing his career-best bowling, a stupendous figure that read 10-1-29-5, Shakib struck a patient 51to help Bangladesh recover from tricky state and thereby reveled in yet another powerful show in the cricket’s biggest extravaganza.
In doing so, he joined Indian great Kapil Dev (1983 World Cup) in hitting century and taking five-for in the same edition of World Cup.
He also became only second player with 50 plus score and five-for in a World Cup match after Yuvraj Singh who achieved the feat against Ireland in 2011 World Cup.
By doing all these things, he reclaimed the top spot in batting with 476 runs, going past David Warner’s 447 and scalped 10 wickets, making him the most valuable players so far.
‘’Five wickets obviously (which was special),’’ Shakib said in the presentation adding that he had to really put up an effort to score the fifty as well.
‘’It was important to bat deep and I had to really work hard for my 50 runs. Without Mushy (Rahim) we would not have got where we got. Others chipped in with the bat as well,’’ he said.
‘’Overall, it's a team effort and we know its gonna get tough with three spinners,’’ he said.
Shakib said he worked hard before the World Cup while added he feels he is lucky as well to make the World Cup literally a show case event of his own.
‘’Before this World Cup, I was fully prepared and its paying off. A combination of hardwork and luck I guess (about his form in this tournament),’’ said Shakib.
‘’Two more important games are coming up for us. India and Pakistan, we have to play to the best of our ability to win those matches but this win will give us a lot of confidence,’’ he said adding that he is expecting the fans to support him as they are doing so far in the tournament.
‘’It's been great (the support from fans) throughout this World Cup. They have been supporting us from the first game and luckily we have started well and they gave been supporting us all through so far. Hopefully it will continue in the next few games as well,’’ he concluded
