This time Shakib is in the list of 'unique 8' cricketers of the world

Sports Desk: There are different opinions about sports statistics. Some say the statistics are just hoaxes. Because statistics do not paint the whole picture. Again, according to many, the role of statistics in any analysis is immense. Especially in cricket, we have to resort to statistics again and again to interpret the details.

Shakib Al Hasan, the world's best all-rounder of the Bangladesh team, has been added to a new list on the page of those statistics. Where there are only 8 cricketers in total. Shakib became the 7th cricketer in the list by taking 5 wickets in the first ODI of the current tour against Zimbabwe.

5269 cricketers have played international cricket in the history of almost one and a half years. But in the combination of runs and wickets, there are 6 unique players in international cricket, who are different from the remaining 5261. These 7 cricketers are unique because no cricketer can be found ahead of them in both runs and wickets.

For example, Shakib Al Hasan's current collection in international cricket is 11964 runs and 561 wickets. 71 people have more runs than Shakib in international cricket. Again, 24 bowlers have more wickets than Shakib. But those who have more runs than Shakib have less wickets than Shakib. Again, those whose wickets are more than Shakib, their runs are less than Shakib.

In other words, there is not a single cricketer in the world who has surpassed Shakib in run-wicket combination. There are only 7 unique cricketers in the world by this standard. They are Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Kapil Dev, Shaun Pollock, Wasim Akram, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. Each of them is ahead of any other cricketer in the world in run-wicket combination.

Shakib took five wickets in the first ODI of the series on Friday to increase his wicket tally to 561 in international cricket. As a result, he has surpassed Jacques Kallis (56) in the number of wickets and has got a place in the list of unique cricketers. He was not on the list as he had fewer wickets than Kallis for so long.

Now Shakib has a chance to remove Kapil Dev from the list. In the meantime, Shakib has scored more runs than Kapil Dev. And if he can take 106 wickets, then it will be more wickets than Kapil. As a result, Kapil Deb will lose his novelty as he lags behind Shakib in the run-wicket combination. Then the list will be 6 cricketers.

List of 7 unique cricketers in the world

1 / Sachin Tendulkar (India): 34358 runs and 201 wickets
2 / Jacques Kallis (South Africa): 25534 runs and 56 wickets
3 / Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh): 11964 runs and 571 wickets
4 / Kapil Dev (India): 9031 runs and 8 wickets
5 / Shaun Pollock (South Africa): 638 runs and 629 wickets
7 / Wasim Akram (Pakistan): 615 runs and 917 wickets
6 / Shane Warne (Australia): 4162 runs and 1001 wickets
6 / Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka): 1938 runs and 1348 wickets

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