Shakib, brilliant in batting, is dull in bowling
bangladesh cricket news Shakib had two kinds of experience in his second match in US Major League Cricket. Although he ran with the bat, he was beaten with the ball
Shakib, brilliant in batting, is dull in bowling
Shakib Al Hasan had two kinds of experience in his second match in US Major League Cricket. Although he ran with the bat, he was beaten with the ball. In the end, the team lost. Shakib's team Los Angeles Knight Riders lost by 6 wickets to San Francisco Unicorns.
Batting first, Knight Riders scored 165 runs for 6 wickets with the bat of Shakib, Andre Russell and David Miller. In pursuit of runs, Finn Allen and Matthew Short batted with 28 balls in hand to win the Unicorns.
Shakib batted at number four in the match at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. He played an innings of 35 runs off 26 balls before getting out in the 12th over. His innings had 6 fours. Shakib returned with a catch in the hands of wicketkeeper Josh English off the ball of Pakistani leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed.
Shakib's 35 in Knight Riders' innings is the team's second highest. Russell played an unbeaten innings of 40 runs off 25 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Protea star Miller played an innings of 24 runs off 18 balls.
Shakib came in to bowl in the fourth over as the Unicorns came down to chase the runs. Allen and Short took 8 runs in that over. But in the next over of Shakib, Allen took 19 runs with 3 sixes. Knight Riders captain Sunil Narine did not bowl Shakib after giving 27 runs in two overs. Allen played an innings of 63 off 37 balls and 58 off 26 balls.
Shakib's team will play their next match on Wednesday at 6:30 am Bangladesh time. The opponent is Quinton de Kock's Seattle Orcas.
