Bangladesh’s men’s cricket team captain, Shakib Al Hasan, secured a seat in parliament on Sunday by easily winning the nation’s general elections.
As to the Dhaka Tribune, Shakib, who was contesting for the seat from the western town of Magura, earned 185,388 votes.
Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, easily won the Gopalganj-3 seat, securing her eighth term in office. With 223 seats won on Sunday, Hasina’s Awami League party now has the requisite number of Members of Parliament to establish a government.
The Dhaka Tribune claims that Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, told Shakib Al Hasan to “hit a six” in the nation’s 12th general election on January 7.
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It is not necessary for you to give a speech. You are a ball player who can hit sixes and take wickets. “Just hit a six again in the election,” the premier said of the remarkable, versatile player, calling him “a diamond.”
Although he took a brief hiatus from the game to run in the elections, the only male cricket player to have been the ICC’s top all-rounder in all formats has subsequently claimed that he hasn’t announced his retirement.
“Have I retired?” Shakib gave an inflammatory response to an AFP question during his campaign. If I haven’t retired, where is the question coming from?
The previous year, at the ODI World Cup in India, the all-around talent captained Bangladesh. With just two wins from nine games, the Bengal Tigers had a terrible season and finished ninth in the standings.
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