Shakib Al Hasan (born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He is the number 1 ranked all-rounder in ODI and T20I cricket and is widely considered to be one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN. As of 2022, he has taken the most wickets at T20 World Cups.

Shakib Al Hasan made his test debut in 2007 against India. His breakthrough came in the Test against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2008 where he picked up 7/36, which at the time was the best figure by a Bangladeshi bowler. In the 2012 Asia Cup, Shakib scored 237 runs, including three fifties, and took six wickets. Bangladesh progressed to the tournament's final for the first time, losing to Pakistan by 2 runs. Shakib Al Hasan received many awards for his performance in the game. Shakib was most valuable player of the ICC cricket world cup 2019 where was the third most run-scorer in the with 606 runs.