In this {photograph} taken on December 27, 2023, Shakib Al Hasan (R), nationwide cricket group captain and election candidate of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League speaks with the media earlier than the beginning of his marketing campaign forward of the 2024 normal elections, in Magura. File
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Bangladesh Star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, presently captain of the one-day group, is contesting from his hometown constituency, Magura, for the incumbent Awami League (AL) occasion, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
In Magura, a city in southwest Bangladesh, about 168km (104 miles) from capital Dhaka, greater than a thousand individuals are gathered exterior a circular-shaped auditorium.
The Star cricketer on Tuesday throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Magura, arrived in an SUV, acknowledged the group like a seasoned politician, and shortly went contained in the auditorium the place a number of folks have been ready for him as he appeared for an interview with a well-liked YouTuber and discuss present host, Rafsan Sabab.
The cricketer who got here for an election occasion, which was part of his PR marketing campaign, acquired a rousing welcome as folks waited for him for a very long time. In the interview, Shabab requested the cricketer, “Every district of Bangladesh has its own speciality, be it food, garment or a monument. Here in Magura, when I ask anyone about its speciality, they unanimously say, Shakib Al Hasan.” “Yes, I would have said the same,” Hasan wryly replied.
Hasan, presently the captain of Bangladesh’s one-day group, is ranked the primary all-rounder by the International Cricket Council in two of the three codecs of the sport concurrently — one-day internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 — and is ranked third in Test matches.
Shakib Al Hasan is contesting the election from Magura-1 with the Awami League’s Boat image as a first-time MP hopeful.
Moreover, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advised Shakib Al Hasan, star cricketer and the Awami League-nominated candidate for Magura-1, to “hit a six” within the twelfth nationwide election on January 7, Dhaka Tribune reported. “You do not need to give a speech. You can hit a six, and you can take wickets with the ball. Just hit a six again in the election,” the Prime Minister stated to the ace allrounder, calling him a gem.
Sheikh Hasina, chief of the ruling Awami League, was addressing an election rally on the Government Rajendra College floor in Faridpur on Tuesday.
