Ace all-rounder and record man Shakib al Hasan bagged yet another milestone in his illustrious career for the Tigers thus far as he crossed 400-wicket milestone in combined white-ball cricket.
Shakib took two wickets against Afghanistan in the first T20I as he finished with bowling figure of 4-0-18-2 in Mirpur.
Shakib has played 218 ODIs taking 282 wickets.
Before Thursday's T20I, Shakib notched 117 wickets from 94 T20Is.
The first T20I's two-wicket haul increases Shakib’s wicket tally to 119 and that means he has now has taken 401 wickets in ODIs and T20Is combined.
Tigers left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed picked up four wickets in the powerplay to put Afghanistan in the backfoot while defending 155.
Then Shakib kept the pressure from one end after powerplay and bowled an economic spell.
Afghanistan tried to rebuild the innings after losing their fourth wicket for 20 as experienced Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran formed a 37-run partnership.
But Shakib removed both the veteran batsmen and completed Bangladesh’s dominance with the ball.
Shakib first bagged the wicket of Nabi in the 11th over and later Zadran in the 13th and the fall of the two wickets killed the match for the Afghans as they were bundled out for just 94.
