Bangladesh's veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan created history after taking the wicket of Indian captain Rohit Sharma during match 47 of the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, on June 22 (Saturday). He becomes the first bowler to take 50 wickets in T20 World Cup history. What makes this moment more iconic is that both Rohit and Shakib who were involved in this moment are the only two cricketers to be part of all editions of this mega tournament. Shakib is the leading wicket-taker of this marquee event.
Shakib breaks India's opening stand
Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were looking in great touch and were hammering Bangladesh's bowlers despite a slow outfield and just when it appeared as the game was getting away from the Bangla Tigers, Shakib Al Hasan showed his experience and got the wicket of dangerous Indian captain.
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Rohit got out after scoring 23 runs off 11 balls and this short innings included 3 boundaries and one big six. The wicket was extremely crucial for Bangladesh as the Indian skipper was looking really dangerous. The Indian openers joined 39 runs by the fourth over itself before Shakib provided them with the crucial breakthrough.
Another big milestone in the grasp of Shakib
Shakib now needs one more wicket to complete 150 wickets in T20Is. He will be the second bowler after New Zealand's Tim Southee to achieve this massive feat in T20Is. Currently, Southee has 164 wickets from 126 games. Shakib has 148 wickets from 127 games. They are followed by Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan who has 147 wickets from just 90 games.
The star all-rounder has a chance to move up in the list of all-time highest run-scorers in T20 World Cups. Shakib is in need of 56 more runs to overtake former Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan who has 897 runs from 35 games. The left-handed batter has 842 runs from 41 games at an average of 24.05 including four half-centuries.
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