with India and Sri Lanka. Shafiul was selected in Bangladesh's 15-man squad. On 11 March, Shafiul shared in a 58-run partnership for the ninth wicket to help Bangladesh to victory over England by two wickets. After the match, Bangladesh fans chanted "Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shafiul is the real hero". After the match, Shafiul and Mahmudullah were given 1 million taka for their match-winning partnership. Imrul Kayes was named man of the match, although he opined that "The last match Man-of-the-Match award was given to me but I did not deserve it. It was Shafiul who should have got it." The captain, Shakib Al Hasan praised Shafiul's performance and his bowling in the following match against the Netherlands. A foot injury meant Shafiul missed both the Tests against the West Indies in November 2011. In December 2018, he was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Playing style Champaka Ramanayake, Bangladesh's bowling coach when Shafiul started playing for the team, commented that "Shafiul has lot of skill; has a very good slow bouncer and can bowl the yorker also. He has to be given enough chances to shine and we are very confident that he will come through". He generally bowls at the same length, and the national selectors feel that he needs to vary his bowling more to be effective at Test level. References External links 1989 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladesh North Zone cricketers Bangladesh East Zone cricketers Bangladesh A cricketers Fortune Barishal cricketers Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Chattogram Challengers cricketers Khulna Tigers cricketers Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club cricketers Rajshahi Division cricketers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club cricketers Agrani Bank Cricket Club cricketers Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers People from Bogra District