And an hour later, Bangladesh is facing England on the stage of T20 World Cup. On the eve of this match, great news came for Shakib Al Hasan. He has risen to number one again in the list of T20 all-rounders. Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, who has been at the top for a while, has fallen behind. There is no one other than Shakib who holds the top spot year after year.
The updated rankings were published on the ICC website on Wednesday. So it can be seen that Shakib has risen to the top with 295 rating points. Mohammad Nabi, who is far behind, is 285 points. Namibia's JJ Smith (181 points) and Australia's Glenn Maxwell (181 points) are in the top three. Four and five are Jisan Maqsood (180) of Oman and Richard Barrington (151) of Scotland respectively.
Shakib is also the number one all-rounder in the 50 over format. His rating point is 418. Mohammad Nabi, who is in the second position, is far behind with 294 points. Shakib is the 4th all-rounder with 334 rating points in white only. Caribbean captain Jason Holder is at the top with 434 points. English all-rounder Ben Stokes (348 ratings) and India's Rabindra Jadeja (334 ratings) are at number two and three respectively. Today, Shakib has the opportunity to touch the milestone of 400 T20 wickets.