Bangladesh’s ace cricketer Shakib Al Hasan ended a prolific World Cup 2019 with 606 runs, thus surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s record of maximum runs scored in the group stages of the tournament.
Shakib Al Hasan also holds the record of being the only player with 600 runs and 10 wickets in a single edition of World Cup.
The passionate cricketer is only the third player after Sachin and Matthew Hayden to score over 600 runs in one edition of ICC World Cup. Sachin scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup held in South Africa while Hayden smashed 659 runs in the 2007 edition held in the West Indies.
Sachin had amassed 586 runs in the group stage 2003 edition of the World Cup.
Shakib continued his exceptional run with the bat against Pakistan as he scored 64 at Lord’s on Friday. In the process, Shakib became the only second cricketer after Sachin to score seven 50+ scores in a single edition of the World Cup.
Overall, the Bangladesh all-rounder has amassed 12 fifty-plus knocks and is placed second along with Kumar Sangakkara who also holds 12 fifty-plus scores in World Cup games.