Shakib’s ‘golden duck’ in two consecutive matches, fans are worried

Mainul Islam

September 23, 2022

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Shakib’s ‘golden duck’ in two consecutive matches, fans are worried

Bangladesh cricket team in UAE is in a series to warm themselves up before the T20 World Cup. Shakib Al Hasan is not in that series because at the moment he is spending a busy time in the West Indies playing in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
But in this year’s CPL, Shakib’s bat has not touched a single run so far. He hit the ‘golden duck’ in two consecutive matches. Shakib’s batting before the tri-nation series and T20 World Cup has worried Bangladesh as Shakib could not play significant innings even in Asia Cup. Before the World Cup, whether Shakib will return to form with the bat can come to the fans and cricketers.

Shakib’s Guyana Amazon Warriors picked up their third win by beating St. Lucia Kings by 6 wickets early on Friday morning. However, the Bangladesh T20 captain scored a ‘golden duck’ in this match as well. Chasing the target of 195 runs given by the Kings, Guyana got off to a great start. Guyana scored 81 runs in 7 overs in the opening pair of Afghan star Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s stormy innings of 50 runs from 23 balls.

After that, the team lost 3 wickets in two consecutive overs. Among them was Shakib’s wicket. Chanderpaul Hemraj, who batted for 29 runs in the first ball of the eighth over, was sent back to the cage. The team lost Gurbaz who scored a half-century on the first ball of the next over. After the dismissal of the Afghan opener, Shakib went into bat. But just repeat the previous match. Shakib flew to the middle stump on the second delivery of Mark Deyal’s over. Shakib returned to Sajghar with the golden duck.

In the previous match too, Shakib got out on the first ball after batting for four against Jamaica Tallawahs. The left-arm spinner could not do much with the ball that day. He took 1 wicket with 30 runs in 4 overs. Guyana lost 3 wickets in a very short time on Friday and fell behind in the match. However, two Windies stars Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer’s 63-run partnership brought the team back into the match. Although the captain was dismissed for 36 runs, Shai Hope left the field with unbeaten innings of 59 runs from 30 balls.

Despite returning zero runs with the bat, Shakib can be said to be fairly successful with the ball. Earlier, the spin-all-rounder took 2 wickets with 33 runs in 4 overs in Kings’ batting innings.

Last Updated: Sep 23, 2022