DHAKA: Cricket Australia (CA) took Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in a best squad made upon this year's ICC World Cup, ahead of the tournament semi-finals.

Ranked 2 semi-final playing team Australia shifted Shakib down to No.5; though the Bangladesh Test skipper batted at No.3 in World Cup.

"..but we’d back him to fire anywhere given his current form," said a report published in cricket.com.au.

However, CA chose New Zealand captain Kane Williamson to captain the Best XI. 

Following is CA's best XI with their World Cup score details: 

1) Rohit Sharma (India)

Matches: 8 | Runs: 647 | Average: 92.42 | Strike rate: 98.77 | 100s: 5 | 50s: 1 | High score: 140

2) David Warner (Australia)

M: 9 | Runs: 638 | Ave: 79.75 | SR: 89.48 | 100s: 3 | 50s: 3 | HS: 166

3) Babar Azam (Pakistan)

M: 8 | Runs: 474 | Ave: 67.71 | SR: 87.77 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 3 | HS: 101*

4) Kane Williamson (New Zealand) (c)

M: 8 | Runs: 481 | Ave: 96.20 | SR: 77.20 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 1 | HS: 148

5) Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)

M: 8 | Runs: 606 | Ave: 86.57 | SR: 96.03 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 5 | HS: 124* | Wkts: 11 | Ave: 36.27 | Econ: 5.39 | BB: 5-29

6) Ben Stokes (England)

M: 9 | Runs: 381 | Ave: 54.42 | SR: 95.01 | 100s: 0 | 50s: 4 | HS: 89 | Wkts: 7 | Ave: 29.14 | Econ: 4.65 | BB: 3-23

7) Alex Carey (Australia) (wk)

M: 9 | Runs: 329 | Ave: 65.80 | SR: 113.44 | 100s: 0 | 50s: 3 | HS: 85 | Ct: 17 | St: 2

8) Mitchell Starc (Australia)

M: 9 | Wkts: 26 | Ave: 16.61 | Econ: 5.18 | SR: 19.2 | BB: 5-26 | 4wi: 4

9) Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)

M: 7 | Wkts: 17 | Ave: 18.58 | Econ: 4.96 | SR: 22.4 | BB: 4-37 | 4wi: 1

10) Jasprit Bumrah (India)

M: 8 | Wkts: 17 | Ave: 19.52 | Econ: 4.48 | SR: 26.1 | BB: 4-55 | 4wi: 1

11) Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)

M: 5 | Wkts: 16 | Ave: 14.62 | Econ: 4.96 | SR: 17.6 | BB: 6-35 | 4wi: 2

Inputs from cricket.com.au

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