Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has taken ICC World Cup 2019 by storm. He further stamped his authority on the tournament by breaking multiple records on Monday, report agencies.
Shakib matches Yuvraj's rare WC record
Shakib al Hasan became the second cricketer in history to do the double of taking a five-wicket haul and score a fifty in the same World Cup match. Yuvraj Singh was the only person who had scripted this feat previously.
Shakib matched Jayasuriya's WC record
Earlier, he equalled legendary Sri Lanka all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya's record of picking up 25-plus wickets and scoring 1,000-plus runs in the World Cup.
Historic firsts
Shakib became the first cricketer in World Cup history to score 400+ runs and pick up 10 wickets in the same tournament.
Shakib also became the first player in the World Cup history to score two centuries and claim two 4 (+) wickets. He scored two centuries in this World Cup - against England and West Indies and picked up a five-for against Afghanistan.
Overall, Shakib also became the first player to score 1000+ runs and claim 30+ wickets in World Cups.
Shakib is also the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a five-wicket haul in World Cups.
Few more nuggets
Shakib became the joint third fastest to 1000 ODI runs batting at No. 3. He has taken 21 innings to do the same. England's Jonathon Trott and Scotland's C McLeod had also taken the same number of innings.
Shakib's current ODI average of 58.17 at No.3 is only behind Virat Kohli's 63.29.
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