|| CF Correspondent||
Shakib Al Hasan turned 33 on Tuesday 24 March. From age-based cricket, he was said to be the future of cricket for the country. He made that expectation real within the first five years of his international career. He is now arguably the best cricketer Bangladesh has ever produced.
Shakib is currently on a one year ban for not reporting suspected match-fixing approaches, but that doesn't take away the fact that he is one of the best all-rounders to play all formats.
He has numerous achievements throughout his career. On his 33rd birthday, we are going to uphold the top 33 remarks he had in his career in the 22 yards.
1. 5 wicket haul in one innings against nine Test-playing countries.Only three other bowlers have this achievement in Test history- Muttiah Muralitharan, Rangana Herath and Dale Steyn.
2. He is one of the four cricketers to score a Test century and take 10 wickets haul in a match. The other three are Alan Davidson, Imran Khan and Ian Botham.
3. He has scored a total of 3,000 runs and has 200 wickets (Double), by playing the least Test matches than others.
4. He has scored six thousand runs and picked up 250 wickets (Double), by playing the least ODI matches than others.
5. He is one of only three all-rounders to score 10,000 runs and 500 wickets in international cricket. The other two are Jacques Kallis and Shahid Afridi.
6. By playing the least ODI matches than others, he has scored four thousand runs and picked up 200 wickets (Double) and five thousand runs and 200 wickets (Double).
7. He has been Man of the match the most in all formats for Bangladesh. six times in Test, 21 times in ODIs, 5 times in Twenty20.
8. The most Man of the series in all editions for Bangladesh. Five times in Test, five times in ODIs (jointly with Tamim Iqbal), three times in T20.
9. He is one of the four all-rounders who have scored six thousand runs and have taken 250 wickets in ODIs. The other three are Shahid Afridi, Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Kallis.
10. Ten wicket haul and two half century in one test match. The only player who had done it multiple times was only Sir Richard Hadlee (Three times).
11. He is the only bowler to take 200 Test wicket for Bangladesh (210). Number two position Taijul Islam is far away from him who has picked up only 114 wickets until now.
12. One of only three bowlers to take one hundred ODI wickets in one venue (113 wickets in Mirpur). The other two are Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, in Sharjah.
13. He is the only cricketer to score a thousand runs in one venue and has 50 wickets in Test. He has scored one thousand 313 runs and picked up 63 wickets in Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
14. He is the only cricketer to have taken 10 wickets and scored a half century in his 50th Test
15. Nine times in Test he has picked up five wickets and scored fifty. Only Ian Botham has done more than him (11 times).
16. He is the only cricketer to score two thousand runs in one venue and has 100 wickets in ODI. He has scored two thousand 472 runs and picked up 113 wickets in Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
17. The most wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the Twenty20, 92 wickets.
18. The highest number of fifty (9) for Bangladesh in T20I.
19. The most runs for Bangladesh in one tournament, 606 in 2019 World Cups. (Mushfiq in the second position with his 367 in the same tournament).
20. taking at least 20 wickets in the Test, the best bowling average among Bangladeshi bowlers.
21. His economy rate is best, out of the 10 best wicket-takers economy rate in T20, over 6.81.
22. He has taken four wickets more than any other bowler for Bangladesh in ODI and T20.
23. Most five-wicket haul for Bangladesh in Test 18 times.
24. Most 10 wicket haul for Bangladesh in Test matches 2 times, jointly with Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
25. Bangladesh's best pair of partnerships in the Test, in 2017 against New Zealand at Wellington, 359 runs in the fifth wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim.
26. Bangladesh's best wicket partnership for the seventh wicket in the Test, In the 2010 against New Zealand in Hamilton, 145 runs with Mahmudullah.
27. One of Bangladesh's most economical bowling in ODIs, in 2009 against Zimbabwe in Mirpur he gave away 11 runs in 10 overs.
28. Fastest four thousand runs for Bangladesh in ODI, 136 innings.
29. He has the highest batting average of 37.86 for Bangladesh, up against players who have at least 20 innings of batting in ODIs.
30. Part of the most successful pair of Tests and ODIs for Bangladesh. In both, he has been partnered with Mushfiqur Rahim. In Test, the duo scored two thousand 454 runs, in ODIs 3,094 runs.
31. He has been part of the most 100 run partnership in International cricket for Bangladesh. Paired with Mushfiqur Rahim he has made 11 centuries partnership.
32. He is the only batsman to score fifty in the first match of his four ODI World Cup in a row.
33. He has the best all-round performance in one ODI World Cup. He has taken 11 wickets besides scoring 606 runs in the 2019 World Cup. Even in a World Cup, there is no one who had 10 wickets and four hundred runs on their name.
