aquamartino
Feb 6th, 2009, 06:54 PM
I missed out on the previous thread, closed like many other on this website.
Shakib is a great talent and great sportsman. He has shot up the ICC rankings pretty fast, some people may not agree with that claim but his climb in the ICC ranking has been rather quick.
He is also my fav cricketer from bangladesh, I think he should also take the captaincy from Ashraful, whos form never lasts more than a day. You guys need a strong captain to lead from the front.
In my view Shakib is in the top 5 all rounders in the world, not number 1 yet.
He is yet to perform consistently against better teams like India and South Africa and also away from home.
I saw him play recently against Sri Lanks, he handeled Murali well cant say much about mendis he seems to be out of form or decoded by the better batsmen.
The wicket also did not spin as much as in some other conditions. For Shakib ti mantain this spot he has to perform away from home against good spin bowling and Pace bowling.
This is probably the reason for him not being picked in IPL, I expected mumbai to get him at least at base price. but tough luck,
Anyways my best wishes to the Man and I hope rest of the Bangladeshis can follow him. Most of the bangaladeshi players seem pretty happy with a one off win but I think this kid is here to stay and change things.
Shakib is a great talent and great sportsman. He has shot up the ICC rankings pretty fast, some people may not agree with that claim but his climb in the ICC ranking has been rather quick.
He is also my fav cricketer from bangladesh, I think he should also take the captaincy from Ashraful, whos form never lasts more than a day. You guys need a strong captain to lead from the front.
In my view Shakib is in the top 5 all rounders in the world, not number 1 yet.
He is yet to perform consistently against better teams like India and South Africa and also away from home.
I saw him play recently against Sri Lanks, he handeled Murali well cant say much about mendis he seems to be out of form or decoded by the better batsmen.
The wicket also did not spin as much as in some other conditions. For Shakib ti mantain this spot he has to perform away from home against good spin bowling and Pace bowling.
This is probably the reason for him not being picked in IPL, I expected mumbai to get him at least at base price. but tough luck,
Anyways my best wishes to the Man and I hope rest of the Bangladeshis can follow him. Most of the bangaladeshi players seem pretty happy with a one off win but I think this kid is here to stay and change things.