Shakib Al Hasan’s top 3 performances in T20I Cricket

This article will discuss Shakib Al Hasan’s top 3 performances in T20I Cricket History. Shakib Al Hasan is one of the most effective all-rounders in the world. Whenever T20 cricket is discussed, players with multidimensional profiles get the primacy over other players and that makes all-rounders such valued commodities in the shortest format of the game. The former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan is one of the most effective all-rounders in the game. 

He has been phenomenal in international cricket with both his batting and bowling prowess. For the majority of his career, he has remained one of the top all-rounders in international cricket. The left-hander has been a significant force behind the growth of Bangladesh cricket in T20I cricket. Let us take a look at his top 3 performances in T20I cricket. 

84 vs Pakistan, 2012

Shakib Al Hasan delivered his best batting performance in T20I cricket in the 2012 T20 World Cup. In a crucial group-stage fixture against Pakistan, Shakib exhibited his batting class to keep his team in the contest. He smashed 84 runs at an incredible strike rate of 155.55 in the first innings. Courtesy of his batting performance Bangladesh posed a target of 176 runs for Pakistan to chase. 

5/20 vs West Indies, 2018

This is the first 5-wicket haul for Shakib Al Hasan in his T20I career. He picked up this 5-for against West Indies in the second match of the T20 series between the two teams. In the first innings, Bangladesh scored 211 runs. This difficult target was made even tougher by Shakib who troubled the opposition batters with his crafty bowling. His 5-wicket haul did not let the opposition settle in the contest and as a result, Bangladesh won the match by 36 runs. 

70* vs Afghanistan, 2019

The left-handed middle-order batters scored these invaluable runs against Afghanistan in a Tri-Series in 2019. Shakib’s team was chasing 139 runs in the second innings. The target was not huge but it became a challenging mark to go beyond as none of the other batters could bat for too long except Shakib. The all-rounder almost singlehandedly carried his team to a thrilling victory by 3 wickets.