T20 format is challenging for all-rounders: Shakib Al Hasan

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Kingston, July 11: Bangladesh's premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan believes Twenty20 cricket is a challenge for players of his kind but it is something he relishes.

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Shakib is the only Bangladeshi player featuring in the CPL, where he is playing for the second time.

"It's a very proud moment for me to represent Bangladesh and all of the Bangladeshis are cricket fanatics and they love their sports. So, they will be supporting me in the CPL," he said.

Shakib, who is the top all-rounder in One-Day Internationals (ODI) and second in T20s and Tests at the moment, also plays domestic T20 tournaments in India (Indian Premier League) and Australia (Big Bash T20 League).

"So far the CPL has been going really well. I hope that it will only get better and better, hopefully a lot of runs and a lot of sixes and a lot of wickets so the crowd enjoys it.

"In the home matches the crowds have been terrific, so hopefully it will be the same in all of the other venues that we play."

He was the first Bangladeshi to play county cricket for Worcestershire in England in 2010. He was also signed by Uthura Rudras for the 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League.

IANS