Thrilling Asian Cricket Players

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Cricket in Asia is such a famous game. People have a craze about cricket which increases every day. Cricket can be seen in almost every street of Asian countries but for India and Pakistan it is like a war. Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Srilanka are the International Cricket Council (ICC) certified Asian countries; however there are many more countries that are emerging stars of cricket. Here I would like to introduce you the most amazing Asian cricket players with International fame in the ODI and twenty 20 cricket format. These player live in the hearts of millions fans.

Shahid Khan Afridi

Shahid Khan Afridi is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi is one of the top class all-rounder’s of ODI and Twenty 20 cricket. He is called Bhoom Bhoom because he introduces a thrill with his styles in Twenty 20. Currently Afridi is the second leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format after Saeed ajmal. He is the super star of Pakistan team.

Virat Kohli

Right handed Indian cricket star, Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against West Indies in the first ODI in Kochi. He is a kind of batsman who can change the shape of match with his outstanding performance and can be called as match winner player. He has an average of above 50 in all formats of cricket. He is the backbone of indian bating line up.

Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed. He is called the Magician. With his effective doosra and other varieties he is considered to be one of the best spinners in modern world cricket. Ajmal has been ranked by the International Cricket Council as the number one bowler in ODIs while Ajmal's ICC current test bowler ranking is number 2. Saeed Ajmal also holds the record for taking maximum wickets (60) in Twenty20 International cricket.

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar is hot property at the moment and rightly so. He is arguably the most consistent batsman in international cricket with an outstanding average in all formats, making his signing a real coup for Srilanka.  He is left handed batsman and remains Sri Lanka’s wicket-keeper in One Day International and Twenty20 cricket. He was ranked 1st on the test batting rankings, Sangakkara peaked at 6th on the ICC all-time Test batting rankings. Sangakkara has won a certain degree of admiration for his clever use of sledging and is one of few cricketers who are willing to talk about it openly.

Mahinder Singh Dhoni

Right handed batsman and wicket keeper Maheder Sing Dhoni is the skipper of Indian team. Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Indian won 2011 world cup under his captaincy Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded the ODI Player of the Year award in 2008, the first Indian player to achieve this feat. 

Shakib Al Hassan

Bangladesh is now an established name in the Cricket World. There are a lot of player’s effort and talent for this position. However, Shakib Al Hasan is a well-known player all over world for his own talented. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. The brilliant player has promoted as the best all-rounder cricketer of the ICC ODI and test Cricket. Shakib Al Hasan at first on 22 January in 2009 gets number one place of the ICC ODI all-rounder ranking list. He is the only Bangladeshi cricketers who had achieved this honor. 

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