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Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan completes grand all-round double

Last updated on: June 14, 2015 17:15 IST

Shakib Al HasanBangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan completed the grand double of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets on home soil during his brief innings of 9 on Sunday, the fifth and final day of Fatullah Test against India.

He became only the seventh all-rounder in the world to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in a particular country. Interestingly Shakib achieved both the milestones in the Fatullah Test. His wicket of Shikhar Dhawan on Day 3 was his 100th scalp in Bangladesh, and on Sunday he completed 2,000 runs.

What has been his contribution to Bangladesh cricket can be gauged from the fact that no other batsman has scored 2,000 runs for Bangladesh in Bangladesh and no other bowler has taken 100 wickets for Bangladesh in Bangladesh!

The list of exclusive seven in chronological order is as follows:

Player Country Mts Runs Bat Avg 100s Wkts Bowl Avg 5WI
Gary Sobers in West Indies 44 4075 66.8 14 107 34.12 1
Ian Botham in England 59 2969 34.92 8 226 27.54 17
Kapil Dev in India 65 2810 36.97 5 219 26.49 11
Jacques Kallis in South Africa 88 7035 56.73 23 165 30.61 2
Andrew Flintoff in England 40 2007 35.21 3 109 36.11 2
Daniel Vettori in New Zealand 57 2470 33.37 4 159 37.11 6
Shakib Al Hasan in Bangladesh 28 2004 42.63 2 103 34.67 10

Shakib Al Hasan is the quickest to reach this landmark -- in just 28 Tests. Ian Botham held the previous record -- 35 Tests.

Jacques Kallis took the most number of Tests -- 49. Kapil Dev is the youngest to accomplish this feat, whereas Gary Sobers is the oldest to do so. Botham achieved the landmark in the shortest duration (from Test debut), whereas Sobers took the longest time.

Quickest to the all-round double of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets in a country

Player Tests taken Reached on Vs Venue Age Duration
Shakib Al Hasan 28 14.06.2015 Ind Fatullah 28 yrs   82 days 8 yrs 28 days
Ian Botham 35 14.06.1984 WI Birmingham 28 yrs 203 days 6 yrs 323 days
Andrew Flintoff 40 22.08.2009 Aus The Oval 31 yrs 259 days 11 yrs 31 days
Gary Sobers 42 16.02.1974 Eng Kingston 37 yrs 203 days 19 yrs 324 days
Kapil Dev 43 22.12.1986 SL Kanpur 27 yrs 350 days 8 yrs 68 days
Daniel Vettori 48 12.12.2009 Pak Napier 30 yrs 319 days 12 yrs 310 days
Jacques Kallis 49 11.03.2005 Zim Centurion 29 yrs 146 days 9 yrs 88 days

Note: Kallis also held more than 100 catches – 119 to be precise. Botham had a tally of 62 catches.

Image: Shakib Al Hasan

Rajneesh Gupta