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Only the best will do for Foxes as Shakib signs on for Twenty20
By PHIL GRADWELL

The best one-day international all-rounder in the world will play for Leicestershire in this season's Friends Life t20.
Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan will be the Foxes' second overseas star for the competition - with Australia A batsman Joe Burns - and his signing is quite a coup.
As well as being named the No 1 all-rounder in the Reliance ICC Player rankings in ODIs, Shakib, 26, is second in the Test match list and seventh in the T20I standings.



Great shakes: Shakib Al Hasan (left) congratulates Chris Gayle after a match at the 2011 World Cup
Leicestershire Head Coach Phil Whitticase said: 'I’m really pleased that we have been able to sign a player who was recently ranked the best one-day player in the world.
Shakib’s record is exceptional and I am looking forward to him helping us to achieve success in the Friends Life t20 competition this year.'

Shakib was a team-mate of Leicestershire's Josh Cobb at Bangladesh Premier League winners Dhaka Gladiators and is one of the most dangerous Twenty20 players in world cricket.

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Leicestershire CCC snap up world's top ODI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan
Leicestershire Foxes have signalled their intention to mount a serious challenge in this season's Friends Life T20 by signing Bangladesh international Shakib Al Hasan for the tournament.
The 26-year-old left-hander will join Australian rising star Joe Burns in the Foxes' ranks as they attempt to recapture the energy and form that took them to a third T20 crown in 2011.

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