Bangladesh males’s cricket workforce skipper Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday claimed a parliament seat following a landslide win within the nation’s common elections.
Contesting from his constituency of the western city of Magura, Shakib received by receiving 185,388 votes, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the Gopalganj-3 constituency in a landslide victory, her eighth time period as a Member of Parliament. Hasina’s celebration – Awami League – secured victory in 223 seats to kind the federal government within the election carried out on Sunday.
Previous to the polls, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had informed Shakib Al Hasan to “hit a six” within the twelfth nationwide election on January 7, Dhaka Tribune reported.
“You do not want to offer a speech. You may hit a six, and you may take wickets with the ball. Simply hit a six once more within the election,” the Prime Minister mentioned to the ace allrounder, calling him a gem.
The one males’s cricketer to have been the ICC primary all-rounder in all codecs had taken a quick hiatus from the game whereas contesting the elections however has confirmed that he hasn’t known as his time within the sport.
“Did I retire?” Shakib requested rhetorically to an AFP question throughout his campaiging. “If I haven’t retired, then the place does this query come from?”
The all-rounder had led Bangladesh in final 12 months’s ODI World Cup in India, a dismal marketing campaign that ended with the Bangla Tigers ending eighth within the factors desk with simply two wins from 9 outings.