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Bangladesh avoided a whitewash by winning the third and final ODI against Afghanistan. Shakib Al Hasan played a bat-ball role for the Tigers in the one-on-one fight. The 36-year-old left-handed star all-rounder also achieved two feats.
Bangladesh defeated Afghans by 7 wickets at Chittagong Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Tuesday. Shakib bowled tight to restrict the visitors to just 126 runs. He took 1 wicket for just 13 runs including a maiden in 10 overs. Then 39 runs from 39 balls with the help of 5 fours came from his bat. Shakib entered this match with 13971 runs in international cricket. He had 4454 runs in 66 Tests, 7172 runs in 235 ODIs and 2345 runs in 115 T20Is. That is, he needed 29 runs to touch the milestone of 14 thousand runs.
In the 15th over of Bangladesh's innings, Shakib completed 14 thousand runs in three editions. He reached 29 runs by hitting four off the anointed Afghan pacer Abdul Rahman. Shakib wanted to cut the delivery hard outside the off stump. But the timing was not right. Still, the ball dived past wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz and went out of bounds. Shakib had already taken 600 wickets in international cricket. This time he also touched the milestone of 14 thousand runs. As a result, he started a new achievement. Shakib became the first player to score 14,000 runs and 600 wickets in international cricket.
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The second feat of Shakib, the best cricketer in the history of Bangladesh, is only related to ODIs. He is now joint second among left-arm spinners in the wicket-taking list in this edition. His wickets are 305. Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has the same number of wickets. However, he played 295 matches. Former Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya stands at the top with 323 wickets in 445 matches. Shakib was number three with 304 wickets before this match. He went up a notch by LBWing Najibullah Zadran in the 16th over of the Afghans' innings.
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