Shakib al Hasan is world's number one all rounder in ODI cricket. He is an intelligent tweaker who bowls tight lines and has many variations up his sleeve and is also a dashing batsman making him the linchpin of Bangladeshi line-up. The 22 year old is easily Bangladesh best player even ahead of captain Mohammed Ashraful and Mashrafe Mortaza. Shakib bowled well in the practise games of this tournament and then bowled a tight spell of 1-24 in four overs against India in their first game of the tournament. The left armer will be hoping to improve his batting show for this game after failing against India. Very often Shakib has bailed out his team of troubled waters and will be once again being looked as a player who can perform well both with bat and ball in this important game against Ireland today.