DHAKA: Bangladeshi ace-al rounder cricketer Shakib-al-Hasan is blessed with a daughter.

Shakib’s wife Umme Ahmed Shishir gave birth to a baby girl at a US Hospital at 4:00am (New York time).

The Bangladesh vice captain have already flown for the USA Sunday night to be with his wife for the birth of their first child.

Shakib, the world's leading all-rounder, starred in Bangladesh's 145-run win in the first one-day international in Dhaka grabbing 5-47, his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.

The 28-year-old, who has 206 wickets in 157 ODIs, is just one wicket shy of joining fellow left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak as the country's leading wicket-taker in the 50-over format.

Shakib Al Hasan married to Shishir on 12 December 2012.

BDST: 1257 HRS, NOV 09, 2015
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