DHAKA, Jan 22, 2021 (BSS)-Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan
achieved another unique feat in his illustrious career as he became the first
player in the world to have scored more than 2500 runs and taken 100 wickets
at a single venue, which is none other than Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium.
He had already more than 100 wickets in this venue before this series. On
the way to his 43 not out, that led Bangladesh to seven-wicket win over West
Indies in the second ODI, he completed 2500 runs.
In this venue, he at this moment has 2534 runs with two centuries and 21
fifties and 119 wickets.
Playing in his 82nd match in Mirpur, Shakib earned the feat when he struck
West Indies medium-pacer Raymon Reifer for a boundary towards the backward
point.
Shakib’s119 wickets in Mirpur is just second to Wasim Akram who leads the
chart for most wickets in a single venue with 122 wickets in 77 matches at
the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
The premier all-rounder is also third on the list of players with most runs
in a single venue while Tamim Iqbal leads the chart with 2713 runs in 80
matches, hitting five hundreds and 18 fifties in Mirpur.