New record beckons Shakib

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan is on the verge of adding another feather to his illustrious Test career.

He needs only eight wickets to be only fifth cricketer in the Test cricket's history to achieve the double of 4000 runs and 250 wickets.
Shakib has already went past 4000 runs mark and currently has 4543 runs under his belt while he took 242 wickets after playing 69 matches.

South Africa's Jaques Kallis, India's Kapil Dev, England's Ian Botham and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori are currently the only four players in this elite club.

Kallis who played 166 Tests ended his career with 13289 runs and 292 wickets. India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev had 5248 runs and 434 wickets in 131 Tests.

Botham took 383 wickets and scored 5200 runs in 102 Tests while Vettori ended his career after scoring 4531 runs and claiming 362 wickets in 113 Tests.

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