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Special Article on ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 by Abdul Razzak<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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At this moment, I have to say Shakib Al Hasan is the most in-form all-rounder in the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He is in very good touch with his bowling and his batting has been brilliant at this ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He made another century in the win over the West Indies, his second of this tournament with two other half-centuries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He is the number one all-rounder in the ICC rankings as well and he is in tremendous form.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In fact, I have never seen him play like this – the consistency he is showing is incredible. I have played with him many times over the years but this is the best form of his career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

That was a very good win for Bangladesh against the West Indies because they are a very, very good side – they’ve played really good cricket in this World Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For Bangladesh it was a crucial game because if they lost or even it rained, then they wouldn’t have had a great chance to go through to the semi-finals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It’s really, really important to start quickly, especially in England. If you start well, either bowling or batting, most of the time those teams win – we’ve seen that at this World Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

We started well with the ball by getting Chris Gayle out early and that was important.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When West Indies scored 300+, I heard from quite a few people saying ‘Bangladesh will lose this game’. But I told them just wait and see.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I know the ground at Taunton, I’ve played over there, and on a wicket which wasn’t seaming they had a chance. It was a batter’s wicket and at Taunton, 320 isn’t an easy target but it isn’t that hard either.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

They started well with the bat and then Shakib and Liton Das did brilliantly to put on that 189-run partnership and see them over the line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It’s really difficult coming into the team in the middle of this type of tournament, so Liton Das was definitely under pressure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When a new player comes to play in a big game, in a big tournament, with this type of atmosphere, it is really tough.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was a pressure moment and he coped very nicely. He showed what he can do as a player and it’s exciting for Bangladeshi cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangladesh had confidence from their recent record against the West Indies, which is now eight wins in the last ten ODIs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

They’ve beaten them in the West Indies, in Ireland and in Bangladesh as well. If you keep beating any team consistently then it’s really, really confidence-boosting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When they were set 320, the boys would have still felt they were going to win the game because they know they can do it against the West Indies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Importantly, their chances of reaching the semi-finals are still alive. Each and every game is so important because if you lose one now, it will be really difficult to go through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

This one was crucial and the game against Australia at Trent Bridge on Thursday is the same but this confidence will help them and carry over to that clash.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

They will believe they can beat anyone because they are playing really good cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangladesh reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 World Cup and then the semi-finals at the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 – they’ve done really well at recent big tournaments – but I honestly believe they are playing even better than that at the moment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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