Who will taste success in the next round of matches at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi batsman to reach 4000 ODI runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup match versus Afghanistan at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim help Bangladesh reach massive total against Afghanistan

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza led from the front as Tigers struck thrice early defending the total of 267 against Afghanistan in the seventh World Cup 2015 match at Canberra. Mashrafe took two in the first and third overs of the match while Rubel Hassan claimed one in between. Afghanistan were in trouble with their scoreboard beneath double figures.Earlier, Bangladesh made 267 riding on fifties of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim against World Cup debutant Afghanistan.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Nabi can play crucial roles for their teams in this ICC World Cup 2015

Even as Ireland were hunting down West Indies in Nelson, in a quiet corner of quiet Manuka Oval in quiet Canberra, Bangladesh were going through a three-hour intense training session. Bangladesh lost both their World Cup warm-up games, one of them to Ireland, and their first opponents in the tournament are Afghanistan, who beat them in the Asia Cup last March in the only previous ODI between the two sides.

Bangladesh coach Chanidka Hathurusingha expects his ace allrounder Shakib to take a lead role in the World Cup. Shakib, who took part in the recently concluded Big Bash League, is arguably the most experienced cricketer in the side when it comes to playing in Australia.

The bowling combination will be finalised once the Tigers inspect the pitch at the Manuka Oval, where they face the Afghans on Wednesday. Rubel Hossain is most likely to open the bowling attack with captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and if the team feels the match needs an extra pacer they will include young Taskin Ahmed, who has been in good touch, in the side.

Bangladeshi ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan expresses hope that tigers will play with their fullest strength in the Cricket World Cup 2015

It's an occasion the city dwellers are relishing; albeit silently. When Anges, a Malaysian born Australian, knows what awaits the city in two months time even though the sport is not popular in her birthplace, then it is symptomatic that the cricket loving people in the country are all set to make the occasion their own.

Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan once again made it into an illustrious list, after previously getting votes of confidence from Sir Vivian Richards, Muttiah Muralidaran, Andy Bichel and Stephen Fleming.