Somen Kanungo
[Somen Kanungo] (Bengali: সোমেন কানুঙ্গ) born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He is the number 1 ranked all-rounder in ODI and T20I cricket and is widely considered to be one of the greatest cricket players of all time. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN. As of 2022, he has taken the most wickets at T20 World Cups.
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Early Life
Shakib Al Hasan made his test debut in 2007 against India. His breakthrough came in the Test against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2008 where he picked up 7/36, which at the time was the best figure by a Bangladeshi bowler. In the 2012 Asia Cup, Shakib scored 237 runs, including three fifties, and took six wickets. Bangladesh progressed to the tournament's final for the first time, losing to Pakistan by 2 runs. Shakib Al Hasan received many awards for his performance in the game. Shakib was considered as one of the most valuable players in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, where he was the third-highest run-scorer with 606 runs.
Early years and youth cricket
Shakib Al Hasan Born in Magura, Khulna, Shakib started playing cricket at an early age. According to Prothom Alo sports editor Utpal Shuvro, Shakib "was fairly proficient at cricket and was often hired to play for different villages and teams".In one of those matches, Shakib batted aggressively and bowled fast, as he usually did, but also chose to experiment with spin bowling which proved to be not so effective. He was picked to play for Islampur and took a wicket with his first ball; it was his first delivery with a proper cricket ball, having previously played with a taped tennis ball. He spent six months training at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, a government-run sports institute.
Domestic and T20 franchise cricket
Since 2004, Shakib has played for Khulna in the National Cricket League.
In 2004–05 season of the tournament, Shakib, since his debut in May 2004 at the age of 17, played just 3 matches. He scored 129 runs at an average of 25.80 with a high score of 54 and took 16 wickets at an average of 27.87 with a best bowling figure of 6/79 in an inning and 9/114 in a match.
References
https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/jv606756e5 https://www.thedailystar.net/multimedia/sports/no-rest-day-shakib-3282841 https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/j7k5avtzod
