The Glitz & Blitz of Muhammad Hafeez

He is pacified, he is unwearied, he is none other than Muhammad Hafeez who has bestowed his excellent skills to Pakistan not only with bat but also with his neat bowling. Furthermore, he has saved so many runs due to his feverish vigilance in the ground.  An under-hyped cricketer with some magnificent performances has finally brought him in limelight on the ICC ODI bowlers ranking table.

In the third ODI against Bangladesh, this Pakistani spinner took three wickets at the most crucial time of the game and turned the match in favor of Pakistan. This is not the first time; he is always a handy bowler and had been supporting Pakistan’s main bowling attack for quite some time. Not only he aided Pakistan in winning the series with a clean sweep, Mohammad Hafeez also got the honor of becoming the third player to register 30 wickets and a double of 1000 runs in the cricket calendar year. Prior to him, Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka was the first player to bag this title in 1997. South African legendary cricketer Jacques Kallis is the second who has achieved this feat in 2000 and 2002. Currently Muhammad Hafeez is on the second slot on the ICC ODI bowlers ranking, following is her peer Saeed Ajmal who is holding the top position on the chart.

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Best partnerships of Bangladesh in ODI

The Bangladeshi cricket team has enjoyed relative success in the one day format of the game. They have been involved in some of the biggest upsets in world cricket, namely the win against Pakistan at the 1999 World Cup, the win against India at the 2007 World Cup, and the win against Australia in 2005 when they were in England. A look at the scorecard of those games will tell us that they achieved such feats through partnerships during some stage in the game. Here we look at some of the best partnerships for Bangladesh in ODIs. As we can see, the two top order batsmen for Bangladesh, Ashraful and Aftab Ahmed, who are a great future for their team, lead the table with a partnership of 109 runs. Top ten best partnerships of  Bangladesh in test cricket are:

Partners	Runs	wkt
Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful	109	3rd
Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan	91	3rd
Junaid Siddique, Aftab Ahmed	63	2nd
Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed	53	2nd
Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed	48	2nd
Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim	48	5th
Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin	41	1st
Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin	40	1st
Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed	39	2nd
Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam	33	8th

Best partnerships of Bangladesh in test cricket

The Bangladesh cricket team burst on to the cricketing scene in 2000 with a solid batting display in the first innings of the match. They scored 400 runs and it was a nice batting display consisting of the best partnerships for Bangladesh. In the second innings of the same match, they were unable to repeat the same and were bowled out for a very low score. Those two contrasting innings clearly tell us about the importance of partnerships in Test cricket. As far as the best partnerships in Tests for Bangladesh are concerned, Rajin Saleh and Habibul Bashar are at the top of the ladder where their 175 runs stand unbeaten. That record is unlikely to be broken any time soon. The best partnerships by Bangladesh cricket team in test cricket are:

Partners	Runs	Wkt
Rajin Saleh, Habibul Bashar	175*	4th
Shahriar Hossain, Mehrab Hossain	170	1st
Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan	165*	4th
Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique	160	2nd
Mohammad Rafique, Aftab Ahmed	150	2nd
Mohammad Ashraful, Raqibul Hasan	141	3rd
Athar Ali Khan, Mohammad Rafique	137	1st
Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful	137	2nd
Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique	136	2nd
Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan	134*	3rd

Best partnerships in test cricket for Bangladesh

Bangladeshi players are not best known for their partnerships.  It is very rare to have big partnerships among Bangladeshi players. In my point of view, the rest of them are good players but they really lack the sense of building partnerships. That’s why they lose so many matches. Tamim Iqbal from Bangladesh is just an amazing opener but most of the time there is no one on the other end to help him out. If we look at the best partnership in test for Bangladesh it is 200 runs between Tamim and Junaid Siddique, which is very low in comparison to other teams.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddque	200
2	M Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim	191
3	Shahriar NAfees, Habibul Basher	187
4	Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes	185
5	Javed Omar, Habibul Basher	167
6	Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddque	161
7	Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique	146
8	Shakib Al Hasan , Mahamullah	145
9	Mehrab Hosain , Mushafiqur	144
10	Javed Omar , Nafees Iqbal	133

Dream team of Bangladesh

Bangladesh being the baby of the cricket has been grated the test status in 2000. Since then ‘the tigers’ have been striving hard to register their names in the list of great cricket teams of the World. In recent times Bangladesh team has emerged as a good team not in ODIs but also in Test Cricket and T20 cricket. Some consistent performances with the bat and ball and following the footsteps of Srilankan Cricket Team, Bangladesh team have all the potential to mark their name in the list of great teams.

In recognition to their efforts to become a good team both in ODIs and test cricket, we have composed a Dream Team for Bangladesh which is as follows:

• Shahriar Nafees (Opening Batsman)
• Tamim Iqbal (Opening Batsman)
• Junaid Siddiqui (Top Order Batsman)
• Habib ul Bashar (Middle Order Batsman)
• Shakib Al Hasan (All rounder)
• Alok Kapali (All rounder)
• Khaled Mashud (Wicketkeeper)
• Khaled Mahmud (fast Bowler)
• Mashrafe Mortaza (Fast Bowler)
• Abdul Razzak (Spin Bowler)
• Enamul Haque jnr (Spin Bowler)

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