Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first player in World Cup history to score 500 runs and scalp 10 wickets in one edition of the quadrennial mega event during their match against India at Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday.
Shakib was 24 runs shy of the 500-run mark going into the match and reached the milestone by pulling a Hardik Pandya delivery behind square towards deep fine leg to take a single in the 18th over, becoming the 10th batsman to score 500 runs in a single edition of the World Cup in the process.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Shakib, who earlier became only the second player after India’s Yuvraj Singh to bag a fifer and also score a fifty during his match winning performance against Afghanistan, has already scalped 11 wickets in the ongoing World Cup.
The 32-year all-rounder has been in exquisite form in this edition, having already smashed two hundreds and three fifties.
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