Shakib Al Hasan

His maiden ODI hundred came against Canada in a West Indies tri-series ahead of the 2007 World Cup, and he added a half-century plus ten overs costing 44 in a big win over India. In 2008 at Chittagong he claimed 7/36 against New Zealand and made a second-innings fifty, though New Zealand chased down 317. A spell at Worcestershire brought 35 wickets, including 7/32 against Middlesex, as the county went up to Division 1. He topped both batting and bowling charts when Bangladesh whitewashed New Zealand in 2010.

The 2011 World Cup brought wins over England, Ireland and the Netherlands but an early exit, and he lost the captaincy before that year's West Indies tour. In a December 2011 Test against Pakistan he became the first Bangladeshi to score a hundred and take five wickets in an innings, then rose to No. 1 among Test all-rounders. He was named Man of the Tournament in the first two Bangladesh Premier League seasons, and Player of the Tournament at the 2012 Asia Cup, where Bangladesh lost the final to Pakistan by two runs. Kolkata won the IPL that year.

Against the West Indies in 2012 he reached 100 Test wickets and the 1,000-run, 100-wicket double in 28 matches. Discipline issues followed in 2014: a fine of 300,000 Takas with a three-match suspension, then a six-month ban later cut to three and a half months. That November he scored a hundred and took 10 wickets in one Test against Zimbabwe, joining Imran Khan and Ian Botham.

Later highlights include 12 wickets in two Tests against England, 217 at Wellington during a 359-run partnership with Rahim, and a fifth Test hundred in Bangladesh's 100th Test, earning Man of the Series in Sri Lanka. He was then made T20I captain. In the IPL he played for Kolkata until 2017, took 14 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018, and was re-signed by Kolkata for 2023.