Shakib Al Hasan achieves rare feat, overtakes Ian Botham's Test record
Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has set a new record and has also achieved a marvellous milestone in his cricketing career in one day. The southpaw became the first Bangladesh bowler to claim 200 Test wickets during Day 3 of the 1st Test against West Indies.
The Bangladesh all-rounder also is the quickest to 3,000 runs and 200 wickets, achieving the feat in his 54th Test to eclipse English allrounder Ian Botham who reached it in his 55th Test.
On the third day of the 1st Test, Bangladesh bowled out West Indies to win the series opener by a comfortable 64 runs.
At Lunch, Shakib (2/5) and his fellow left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (2/0) shared four wickets between them to trigger the collapse while West Indies was chasing the target of 204 runs.
Resuming the day on 55/5, Bangladesh was dismissed for 125 on an extremely difficult pitch. Legspinner Devendra Bishoo was the pick of the bowler with 4/19, while offspinner Roston Chase took 3/18.
Mahmudullah hit 31 and Mushfiur Rahim added 19.
Shakib then dismissed opener Kraigg Brathwaite (8) via stumping with a flighted delivery to get to his 200 wicket.
The visitors were unable to resist the slump as Shakib and Taijul took three wickets in just seven balls for no runs on the eve of the lunch.
