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Shakib reaches another unique milestone
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 25, 2021 (BSS)- Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan
reached another unique milestone as he became the only player in cricket
history to score more than 6000 international runs and pick more than 300
international wickets across all formats in a single country.
The feat came during his 51 runs knock against West Indies in the third
and final ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
He achieved these all-round figures across Tests, ODIs and T20Is while
playing on Bangladeshi soil.
India’s 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev came close to him in
terms of such sort of record by scoring more than 4000 runs and taking more
than 300 wickets in India.
The latest half-century was Shakib’s first after coming back to cricket
following a two-year ban, one year of that suspended, imposed by ICC due to
his failure to report corrupt approaches.
Shakib who made debut for Bangladesh in 2006 is considered as the finest
cricketer the country has ever seen.
He was at his scintillating best during the 2019 World Cup in which scored
606 runs and took 11 wickets. In doing so he became the only player in World
Cup history to score more than 500 runs and took 10 wickets.
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