Birthday special: Shakib Al Hasan – Astonishing achievements of the Bangla all-rounder

In international cricket over the years, there has been a dearth of quality all-rounders. Even in the present time, only four to five cricketers qualify as genuine all-rounders. One among them is Shakib Al Hasan, arguably the greatest cricketer ever from Bangladesh. Shakib is celebrating his 34th birthday today on 24th March 2021. Let’s look at some of the top records created by Shakib in his career.

Unique record in World Cup 2019

Shakib Al Hasan was in the form of his life during the 2019 edition of the ODI World Cup. He scored 606 runs in 8 innings at an average of 86.57 which included 2 hundreds and 2 fifties. He also picked up 11 wickets in the tournament. With this, he became the first-ever player to score 600+ runs and pick 10+ wickets in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.

Double of a century and 10-wicket haul in a Test

Shakib is among the 3 players who have scored a century and picked up a 10-wicket haul in the same Test match. He achieved this milestone against Zimbabwe in Khulna Test, 2014. Shakib scored 137 runs in the first innings of this game, and also took fifers in each of the innings. His brilliant performance helped the Bangladesh team to win the game by 162 runs.

500+ wickets and 10000 runs

There are only three players in international cricket who have scored over 10000 runs and picked up 500+ wickets. Shakib Al Hasan is one among them along with Jacques Kallis and Shahid Afridi. He has 11933 runs and 568 wickets to his name in 342 matches across formats.

Big milestones for Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan is the top wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the longest format. With 210 wickets in 57 Tests, he is the only bowler from Bangladesh to pick up 200 Test wickets. In overall international record as well, he has taken the most wickets (568) for his country.