<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Awami League has nominated cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for the Magura-1 constituency for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Shakib, the world’s best allrounder in ODI,&nbsp; will contest the parliamentary elections for the first time.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names of the party's nominees for 300 parliamentary seats at the Awami League central office on Bangabandhu Avenue on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan bought three nomination forms of the ruling Awami League to contest in the 12th parliamentary election.</div><div><br></div><div>His relatives collected the nomination forms for Magura-1, Magura-2, and Dhaka-10 from the AL central office at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>