{"id":45457,"date":"2024-01-08T19:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/watch-viral-video-casts-shadow-over-shakib-al-hasans-election-win\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:38:10","slug":"watch-viral-video-casts-shadow-over-shakib-al-hasans-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/watch-viral-video-casts-shadow-over-shakib-al-hasans-election-win\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Viral video casts shadow over Shakib Al Hasan&#8217;s election win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Shakib Al Hasan won a landslide victory in the general election.<\/li>\n<li>He secured a seat in parliament by a margin of over 150,000 votes.<\/li>\n<li>His victory has been overshadowed by a viral video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladeshi cricket, won a resounding victory on Sunday in a general election that enabled him to gain a seat in the country\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n<p>But not long after the win, a social media video showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/09\/bangladesh-world-cup-hopes-hit-by-tamim-blow\/\">Shakib<\/a> striking a supporter went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old all-rounder, who leads Bangladesh in all forms of the game, won the seat in his constituency in the western town of Magura by a margin of more than 150.000 votes, according to Abu Naser Beg, the chief administrator of the district.<\/p>\n<p>He declared, \u201cIt was a landslide victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cricket player, who is running for prime minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s Awami League party, has not yet responded. Hasina is a front-runner for a fifth term in office due to the boycott of the election by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to AFP prior to the election, Shakib acknowledged he was not up against any significant challenges, but he was nonetheless nervous about the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe competition and challenges are always there, be it a small team or big team,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/09\/shakib-al-hasan-bangladesh-should-rest-world-cup-bound-players-for-new-zealand-series\/\">Shakib<\/a> was forced to temporarily step away from cricket.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that he wouldn\u2019t be able to manage his responsibilities as a cricket captain and a lawmaker has incensed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid I retire?\u201d he enquired while running for office. \u201cIf I haven\u00b4t retired, then where does this question come from?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Cricket Council has only ever ranked Shakib as the top all-rounder in all three forms at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, at the age of 19, he made his international debut as an all-round batsman, having just recently graduated from the nation\u2019s top sports institution as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>When he struck fifty runs in a David-and-Goliath match against India during the World Cup the following year, he was already a celebrity; Bangladeshi supporters still speak of this victory with reverence.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he has a reputation for being unruly and rebellious. He reportedly threatened a bystander with a bat and was banned for three games for making obscene gestures toward media crews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">ICC World Cup 2023: Shakib al Hasan fit to play for Bangladesh<\/h5>\n<p>Shakib-al-Hasan is fit to play in the ICC World Cup 2023. The&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/10\/icc-world-cup-2023-shakib-al-hasan-fit-to-play-for-bangladesh\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakib Al Hasan won a landslide victory in the general election. He secured a seat in parliament by a margin of over 150,000 votes. His victory has been overshadowed by a viral video. Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladeshi cricket, won a resounding victory on Sunday in a general election that enabled him to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-08T125913.821.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}