Five-for and 50: Shakib creates history in WC
Dhaka, June 24 -- Shakib Al Hasan has become the second player in history after India's Yuvraj Singh to score a fifty and take five wickets in a single World Cup match.
In the match against Afghanistan on Monday, he registered a five-for in any World Cup as the first Bangladeshi bowler.
The all-rounder also became the only cricketer to score 1000-plus runs and take 30-plus wickets in World Cups as well.
Before coming to the match, Shakib scored two fifties and two centuries. Taking five-for today, Shakib touched the record of most celebrated all-rounder of India- Kapil Dev- who was the only man before Shakib to score a hundred and take a five-for in a single edition of the World Cup.
While scoring 51 against Afghanistan, Shakib surpas...
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