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Shakib's eye on series win

'Number 1 ranking a motivation'

Sports Reporter
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has said that he is not enjoying the shortened bowling run-up that he has been employing ever since his injury.
Shakib was Mushfiqur Rahim's third-choice spinner in the first Test, having bowled fewer overs than Abdur Razzak and ShohagGazi.
He had suffered from a stress fracture to his shin, which led to him bowling a limited number of overs against Zimbabwe on the last tour. He also suffered a fracture on his thumb leading up to the current series against New Zealand.
The team management ever since has put a 'measured' load on the player.
"I am not sure what will happen if I bowl a certain amount of overs. I would be happy if I could do everything that I did earlier but 1 have to look after my health," Shakib told reporters at Mirpuryesterday.
"The extent of bowling that my body can currently take is unknown and that is the reason they are trying to increase the load gradually," he added.
Despite the restrictions though, the good news for the all-rounder is that he was once again named the number one all-rounder in Test cricket last week. The ranking is something that he says inspires him to do better. "It does not have a lot of meaning and at the same time it does. It makes me happy as it inspires me and makes it easy to be motivated. When there is a competition against a superstar, there is a drive to do better than them," he said
The all-rounder also believed that an increase in the number of performers in the national team has led to a great deal of progress for the Tigers over the years.
"These days we don't have to depend on one or two players as the whole team can contribute. There are at least four to five players who can contribute," said Shakib.
"When I started my career seven years back our target was to play for five days and later we eyed earning a draw and now we are focusing on the win. This team has been playing as a unit for a long time and it is becoming easy for us to perform," he added.
The sign of unity was also depicted in the manner in Shakib's dive, all the way from leg slip to first slip, to take the catch which completed Shohag Gazi's hat-trick.
"I am happy that I could hold on to that catch as this kind of achievement is not very common and I am happy that Gazi could do it. He is the first to achieve such a feat and I am proud to be part of it," said Shakib.
With a number of positive individual performances in the first Test, the lefthander hopes that the Tigers can seal the series in the second. "We are all hoping to win the series. There is a chance. Why shouldn't we give it a try?"