Twitter Reactions: Shakib Al Hasan torments the Windies with his second World Cup century

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh all-rounder is currently going through a purple patch in his ODI career. In the ongoing World Cup, he has arguably been the Tigers’ most valuable player. He has delivered in all the departments and has shown why he is regarded as one of the best in the business. In the first two games, he notched 75 and 64 and then went on to score 121 against England at the Sophia Gardens.

After the ton, he became the second Bangladesh batsman after Mahmudullah to get a World Cup ton. On Monday, at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, the southpaw oozed class and calibre and raced away to his ninth century in the 50-overs format. After winning the toss and electing to field first, the Mashrafe Mortaza-led Tigers were faced with a daunting task of chasing down 322 in their 50 overs.

Shakib dictates terms in Taunton

The 32-year-old Shakib came to bat after the openers- Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar- put on an opening-wicket stand of 52 runs off 50 balls. There was still a lot of work to be done and Shakib was one of the key in the Bangladesh lineup. At first he stitched together a partnership of 69 runs with Tamim, who scored 48 off 53 before perishing to a stupendous run-out inflicted by speedster Sheldon Cottrell.

To Shakib’s dismay, in the very next over after Tamim’s dismissal, he lost Mushfiqur Rahim as his partner. After the couple of quick wickets, the onus was on Shakib to get his team back into the contest. The left-hander didn’t succumb to the pressure and racked up a half-century in 40 deliveries. Liton Das, at the other end, rotated the strike, and gave his senior partner the much-needed support.

Meanwhile, Shakib didn’t lose his cool after entering the 90s. Therefore, he equalled Mahmudullah’s feat of the most centuries (two) by a Bangladesh batsman in the World Cup. In the last ball of the 34th over, he drove Thomas through the covers for a four to bring up his century off 83 deliveries. Thereafter, the cricketing fraternity lauded the Tigers’ stalwart for standing tall yet another time in crisis.

Here is how Twitterati lauded Shakib

. @windiescricket needs two quick wickets asap.. preferably Shakib and Litton ????????#WIvsBAN #CWC19

— DS88 (@darensammy88) June 17, 2019

Shakib @Sah75official On the prowl… showing not only that he is the Worlds No1 allrounder but making a statement that he is a World class batsman too. Congratulations #CWC2019 #BANvsWI Wonderfull knock ????????

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) June 17, 2019

Khuuuuuuuubbbb bhalo @Sah75official ????⭐️ 100 @ICC @StarSportsIndia @BCBtigers

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 17, 2019

Well well well we have a cracking game on the cards #WIvsBAN and how about Shakib @Sah75official form this #CWC19 ???? ???????? @BCBtigers in the box seat!!

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) June 17, 2019

Congratulations @Sah75official for scoring 6000 runs in ODI.. good luck going forward my friend ????

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 17, 2019

@Sah75official out scoring specialist batsmen this World Cup, very impressive. Another ???? coming up.

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) June 17, 2019

What a fabulous innings by Shakib Al Hasan. Playing every match with utmost desire to win!@BCBtigers are surely blessed to have him in this kind of form! #BanvWI #CWC19

— Venkat Parthasarathy (@Venkrek) June 17, 2019

Former captain of #Bangladesh #Shakib Al Hasan (world number 1 all-rounder) with an incredible back-to-back century leading the #ICCCricketWorldCup most runs in the tournament. pic.twitter.com/aciqeFkaw5

— Mahim Choudhury (@mahim_choudhury) June 17, 2019

Shakib Al Hasan’s batting at the #CWC19

75
64
121
101*

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???? https://t.co/jMZIjAY51I#CWC19 #WIvBAN #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/rxiTOpJZ25

— Test Match Special (@bbctms) June 17, 2019

Shakib Al Hasan is the greatest all-rounder I have seen in international cricket after Jacques Kallis #BANvWI #CWC19

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) June 17, 2019

Name a player who carries a cricket team more than Shakib #BANvsWI

— World Cup Whisperer (@jackmassie) June 17, 2019

This is a high quality innings from Shakib . Right from the beginning was unperturbed by the opposition or the asking rate and motored along confidently.

If one of the openers could match Shakib’s streak with the bat , then Bangladesh will be tough to beat . #WIvBAN

— Anish Ancil (@anishancil) June 17, 2019

SHAKIB AL HASAN:

5th time – A century & 2+ wickets in the same ODI
(Joint-most times with C Gayle)

23rd time – 50+ runs & 2+ wickets in the same ODI
(Joint-most times with J Kallis)

6th time – 50+ runs & a wicket in a CWC game
(Joint-most times with T Dilshan)#CWC19 #WIvBAN

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 17, 2019