Background

Shakib-Al-Hasan discovered his cricketing prowess when he played the various cricket matches in the villages surrounding his home town Magura. The magnificent display was enough to earn him a rightful spot at the U-19 bangladesh team.

First Appearance

Shakib-Al-Hassanmade his way into the U-19 team squad that played the tri-series against England and Sri Lanka, after a phenomenal display at the village matches.

He made his first team test debut against India on 18th May 2007. His ODI debut came against Zimbabwe on 6th August 200628th, 2006 featured his T20 debut against the same team in Zimbabwe.

Ascend to Glory

His rise to the glorious stage began in the U-19 tournament when he scored an 86-ball century against Sri Lanka to win the final. His first ODI century came just before the 2007 world cup, against Canada, while playing the tri-series in West Indies. His consistent performances against India and a century against Pakistan earned him great fame.

Test cricket saw his continued prowess, where he holds the best bowling figure of 7/36 by any Bangladeshi bowler against New Zealand in 2008. His consistency gained him the No.1 rank in the ICC's list of all-rounders. Later he took over the reins of the Bangladesh National team and gave them immense success.

Low Point

Despite getting selected to lead T20 and test series against India, his hopes crashed after receiving a tw0-year ban from the ICC for breaching ICC anti-corruption code. Sources claimed that he was approached by the bookers during the 2018 tri-nation series and also during an IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab. Failure to answer the notice made him face a two-year ban and one-year suspension. He was a target of criticism for Bangladesh’s elimination from the 2011 world cup, though he led victories against the likes of England, Netherlands and Ireland.

His kicking the stumps after the umpire decided against giving Mortaza’s wicket in a domestic match drew immense criticism. Later he apologized for it, stating it to be a human error.

Captaincy

He took the captaincy over from Mohammad Ashraful and made an instant impact on Bangladesh's overall game. He led the team to a 3-0 test victory against West Indies, where he took five wickets and made 96 runs in the second match.

His qualities as a captain gained relevance in a series against West Indies in 2009. Despite his performances, Bangladesh only won four matches out of a magnanimous fourteen. The T20 record also happens to be dismal under his captaincy.

Shakib’s Records

• Only all-rounder to be on top in the ICC ranking across all formats.
• Fastest player to reach 200 test wickets and 3000 test runs.
• The highest number of wickets taken in one stadium.
• First cricket from Bangladesh to order 4000 ODI runs.
• Only all-rounder to have 100 wickets and 1,000 runs double in men's T20Is.
• First Bangladeshi bowler to take 200 wickets.
• Youngest, fastest, and the only seventh cricketer to 4,000 runs and 200 wickets double in ODIs.
• As of January 2022, he holds the record for the most number of wickets for a Bangladesh Player.
• Second highest individual score of 217 by a Bangladeshi Batsman.

Retirement

Shakib still continues to play at the highest level.