Desk Report:
Shakib Al Hasan is not one to stop. Although he has been out of the Bangladesh team for a long time, he is playing in various franchise leagues around the world. This star all-rounder has joined the United States Minor Cricket League after completing the Caribbean Super League (CPL) phase.
Shakib made his debut in the United States Minor Cricket League for Atlanta Fire last night. The former Bangladesh captain colored the debut match with his natural all-round performance. On Shakib’s debut day, Atlanta defeated Morrisville Raptors by a huge margin of 96 runs. All in all, Shakib’s debut in the United States Minor Cricket League was memorable.
Batting first, Atalanta scored a big capital of 181 runs. Shakib remained unbeaten on 27 runs off 17 balls. The star cricketer decorated the innings with three fours and one six. He had to wait until the fourth ball for the first boundary. Shakib hit the only six off Patel’s ball. He hit fours off two consecutive balls in the 19th over. Stephen Taylor’s contribution to Atalanta’s innings was 97 runs. He hit 12 sixes off 62 balls. Taylor made an unbroken partnership of 79 runs with Shakib.
Morrisville could not even give a minimum reply while chasing a big target. Faced with the cannonade of Atalanta’s bowlers, they could only score 85 runs at the end of 20 overs. Raj scored 50 runs for them. Anish’s bat came with 24 runs. After batting, Shakib was also excellent with the ball. He bowled only 9 runs in 2 overs. He took 2 wickets in return. Sunny Patel took 3 wickets for 5 runs.
