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MNA Sports Desk: Bangladeshi star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s World Cup bat has been sold for Tk 2 million (20 lakh) to a buyer identified as Raj, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the USA.Shakib had put this bat, which he played with during the last World Cup, on auction to raise fund to help the people suffering from the effect of coronavirus in Bangladesh.Former national team skipper Mushfiqur Rahim was the first Bangladeshi cricketer to announce to put his bat on auction to raise fund for the struggling people around the country, UNB reports.Auction of Shakib’s bat was held on ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan Papon said the board is set to take legal action against Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan for breaching of regulation. Shakib recently signed a deal with Grameenphone, violating the national team contract which says players cannot sign contracts with telecom companies without prior approval from the board. “It’s clearly stated in the contract paper that no player can make an agreement with a telecom company. We’re going to take legal action against Shakib. He has to give an explanation. We cannot spare anyone in this regard,” Papon said ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh cricket superstar Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday joined a campaign to raise awareness against mosquito-borne dengue which has spread all over the country. The campaign was held at Banani Bidyaniketan School & College. “Dengue is now nearly an epidemic in the country which has never happened before. The virus is now spreading all over the country. So, I think everyone should be aware about it,” Shakib told the media. “Everyone should understand how serious it is. I am not affected by dengue now but I understand how painful it can be because I suffered once before,” ...

MNA Sports Desk: More than half of the ICC World Cup 2019 has been played. If anyone asks you to make a dream team based on the performance of individuals so far, what would it look like? Well, Kolkata’s iconic newspaper Anandabazar Patrika has picked eleven players to draw up a dream XI for the tournament played until now, and both Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim from Bangladesh side made it to the squad thanks to their sublime performance. The report said about Bangladesh ace all-rounder: Shakib has been simply extraordinary with both bat and ball. He keeps proving ...

MNA Sports Desk: The all-round brilliance of Shakib Al Hasan has powered Bangladesh to a convincing 62-win against Afghanistan in their crucial World Cup clash at the Hampshire Bowl. It was a day of milestones for Shakib who became only the second player in history to score a fifty and pick up five wickets in a World Cup match after India’s Yuvraj Singh. The talismanic all-rounder also became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 1000 runs in World Cup cricket on his way to reclaiming his position as the tournament’s leading scorer. Bangladesh posted a strong 262 for seven on ...

MNA Sports Desk: Riding on the back-to-back tons by Shakib Al Hasan and a brisk half century by Liton Das, Bangladesh outclassed West Indies by seven wickets with 51 balls to spare in their fifth game of the ongoing World Cup at Taunton on Monday. Chasing a record total of 321 runs, the rampant Tigers reached the target scoring 322 runs for three in 41.3 overs. Bangladesh never won a game in World Cups chasing as many runs. This win brought the Tigers to the 5th position of the points table. Shakib, who has been enjoying his best World Cup ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh are optimistic that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will recover from a thigh injury in time for Monday’s World Cup match against West Indies in Taunton, their coach Steve Rhodes has said. Shakib strained a muscle in his left thigh while batting against England in Cardiff last week, but fought past the pain to make 121 runs as Bangladesh lost by 106 runs, reports Reuters. The 32-year old, who has scored 260 runs at the tournament so far, was a doubt for Tuesday’s match against Sri Lanka, which was subsequently abandoned, and Rhodes is confident the extra ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh got a further boost ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup as the ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan finally reclaimed his number one spot in ICC ODI all-rounder rankings from the Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan. Shakib, who is in No. 2 spot in both Test and T20 all-rounder rankings, is in top in ODI format with 359 points. Rashid Khan is now on the second spot with 339 points. The Bangladesh’s premier all-rounder basically regained the top spot on the basis of his terrific performance with both bat and ball in the recently concluded tri-series in ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh stalwart Test captain Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out from the upcoming New Zealand ODIs due to a finger injury that he sustained during the final of Bangladehs Premier League (BPL) on Friday between Dhaka Dynamites and ComillaVictorians. Shakib led the Dynamites in the Final who lost the by 17 runs and failed to clinch the title in the second attempt on a trot. A source close to Shakib said he got injured on his left ring-finger while batting for the Dynamites. The southpaw got the blow while facing a short delivery from Sri Lankan ...

MNA Sports Desk: All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) goodwill ambassador to campaign against corruption. The signing ceremony was held at the ACC’s office at Segun Bagicha in Dhaka on Sunday. Shakib Al Hasan and ACC Director General (Resistance) Mohammad Zafar Iqbal signed the contract. ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmud said ‘All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is a pride of our country. Shakib is the best in the world today with his talent, dedication and genuine efforts. If teenagers and young people of our country try to follow him, they too can be successful in their respective fields.’ ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan have been once again rewarded for their stellar performance in the longer version of the game in the last year, this time being named in ESPNcricinfo’s Team of the Year. Shakib made 665 runs at an average of 47.50 last year besides taking 29 wickets while Mushfiq made 766 runs at an average of 54.71. The latter, the wicket-keeper in the team, also had 14 dismissals to his name. A report on the ESPNcricinfo website read, “The top five batsmen combined are good for 300 runs on ...

MNA Sports Desk: Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain has been dropped from the test squad for tests in South Africa to be played from Sept 28. Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and batsman Nasir Hossain was announced to be out of the 15-member squad on Monday. Shakib has previously applied for rest from test cricket for a while but Nasir was dropped only after the two tests he played against Australia recently. Bangladesh team looks balanced with the return of Mahmudullah and Rubel Hossain but they will obviously miss the service of Shakib as he was having the best ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: Shakib Khan and Mahfuz Ahmed jointly won the Best Actor award for their performances in ‘Aro Bhalobashbo Tomai’ and ‘Zero Degree’ respectively while Joya Ahsan won the Best Actress award for her performance in ‘Zero Degree’. They received the crest from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at National Film Award-2015 ceremony, held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Monday. Shakib Khan received the national film award for the third time. Shabana and playback singer Ferdausi Rahman were given the lifetime achievement awards at the function. Reazul Rezu’s ‘Bapjaner Bioscope’ and Morshedul Islam’s ‘Anil Bagchir Ekdin’ won ...

MNA Sports Desk: Shakib and Mushfiq makes history for Bangladesh in test cricket. A maiden double-century from Shakib Al Hasan and 159 imperial runs from Mushfiqur Rahim drove New Zealand into the ground on the second day in Wellington. Along the way, they recorded the highest partnership for Bangladesh in Test cricket (359 runs), their second highest total away from home (542 for 7) and endless smiles on the faces of fans back home staying up through the night. Bangladesh’s two most experienced players and batted 82.2 overs in each other’s company. Shakib’s 217, at a remarkable strike rate of ...

MNA Sports Desk: It was great for Bangladeshi fans as the day produced Shakib’s 5 wickets haul but it was England who takes Day 3 of the first test between Bangladesh and England at Chittagong. Ben Stokes produced a day of all-round supremacy to rival anything produced by an England player in the subcontinent, to drag his side – wicket by wicket, run by run – into the superiority in a breathtaking first Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong. With four vital wickets in a utmost display of reverse-swing bowling in Bangladesh’s first innings, followed by a technically formidable 85 from ...

MNA Sports Desk: England beat Bangladesh by 21 runs in the first ODI as England pacer Jake Ball has starred on debut with a five-wicket haul on Friday. The Tigers lost six wickets for 17 runs and were bowled out for 288 as England took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Bangladesh’s start to their massive chase, however, was not smooth. England had other plans as debutant Jake Ball picked 5 wickets to spark a dramatic collapse for the home-side who lost 6 for 17 runs inside 7 overs. Jake Ball struck in ...