India was put in to bat in the first ODI at Dhaka and bowled out for just 186 thanks to Shakib Al Hasan’s masterful bowling. Shakib finished with a final tally of 5 for 36, including the dismissals of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his very first over.
Shakib took five wickets against India, making him just the eighth left-arm spinner in ODI history to do so. Shakib joined Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muttiah Muralidaran, Ashley Giles, Ajantha Mendis, Saeed Ajmal, and Akila Dhananjaya on the list of the best spinners.
Shakib, the all-time leading ODI wicket-taker for Bangladesh, is getting ever-closer to becoming the first bowler from that nation to aggregate 300 ODI wickets. In 222 ODIs (including this match), Shakib has taken 290 wickets at a strike rate of 39.3, an economy rate of 4.43, and an average of 29.09.
