Habibul Bashar played 50 Tests and 111 ODIs for Bangladesh, and captained them in both formats between 2004 and 2007 before becoming a national selector. Here, with ESPNCricinfo he picks the best XI of players he's played with.
Tamim Iqbal
I had heard about Akram bhai's [Akram Khan, former Bangladesh captain] nephew who could hit it a long way, but the first time I saw Tamim was in Zimbabwe, just before the 2007 World Cup. His signature shot was going down the track, He was a bit of a daredevil. Since we wanted someone to take advantage of the powerplay overs, we were interested in him.
Tamim's career over the last 13 years speaks for itself. He is the complete opening batsman. Many openers are great against pace but questionable against spin. Tamim can dominate spin bowling too. He can break any bowling attack. He can score in any conditions and has done so in England, New Zealand and Bangladesh. He can tackle the new ball and the old one, and that makes him one of our best batsmen.
Shakib Al Hasan
I knew Shakib as a batsman before he became a bowler. He was a part-time bowler then. I miss that Shakib. I know he bats well now, but he was a No. 4 when he started off. If he hadn't concentrated on his bowling, he would have had many more Test centuries. He was a genuine class batsman.
He still is, but the bowling certainly affected his batting. By the time he made his Test debut, several months after his ODI debut, we knew Shakib would go the distance in his career. I hadn't seen much of him as a domestic cricketer, but when he made an unbeaten 57 against England in Barbados at the 2007 World Cup, I realised he was better than any of the other young players around.
Mushfiqur Rahim
At least two other players could have featured at No. 4 - Aminul Islam, who started really well in that position, making that century against India in our first Test, and a fighting half-century against Zimbabwe on our first tour.
I also considered Mohammad Ashraful for this position, but Mushfiqur certainly has proved he has the ability to score big runs in all conditions. The first impression I got of him when I saw him in 2005 was that he had solid technique. Despite being slight of build, he could strike his slog sweeps very well.
When he emerged at that young age, he solved our perennial problem of having a genuine batsman in the lower-middle order.
