Bangladesh vs India Test Series : Shakib Al Hasan captures his 50th test wicket
VVS Laxman became the 50th victim of Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, when he was stumped by Mushfiqur Rahim on the first day of the first test against India at Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan reached the milestone in his 15th test and 22nd innings. At the end of the first day, he has an aggregate of 52 wickets. The following table shows the innings wise performance of Shakib Al Hasan.
| No | Opp | 0 | M | R | W | Inns | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | Ind | 13.0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | Chittagong | May 2007 |
| 2 | Ind | 19.0 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 1 | Mirpur | May 2007 |
| 3 | Srl | 16.0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 2 | Col-SSC | Jun 2007 |
| 4 | NZl | 19.0 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 2 | Wellington | Jan 2008 |
| 5 | SAF | 10.0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 2 | Mirpur | Feb 2008 |
| 6 | SAF | 7.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | Mirpur | Feb 2008 |
| 7 | SAF | 25.0 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 1 | Chittagong | Feb 2008 |
| 8 | NZl | 25.5 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 2 | Chittagong | Oct 2008 |
| 9 | NZl | 44.5 | 17 | 79 | 2 | 4 | Chittagong | Oct 2008 |
| 10 | NZl | 22.0 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 1 | Mirpur | Oct 2008 |
| 11 | NZl | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Mirpur | Oct 2008 |
| 12 | SAF | 38.0 | 4 | 130 | 5 | 1 | Bloemfontein | Nov 2008 |
| 13 | SAF | 28.0 | 3 | 99 | 6 | 2 | Centurion | Nov 2008 |
| 14 | Srl | 28.4 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 1 | Mirpur | Dec 2008 |
| 15 | Srl | 40.0 | 10 | 134 | 1 | 3 | Mirpur | Dec 2008 |
| 16 | Srl | 30.0 | 6 | 109 | 4 | 1 | Chittagong | Jan 2009 |
| 17 | Srl | 20.0 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 3 | Chittagong | Jan 2009 |
| 18 | Win | 35.0 | 10 | 76 | 2 | 2 | Kingstown | Jul 2009 |
| 19 | Win | 28.1 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 4 | Kingstown | Jul 2009 |
| 20 | Win | 21.1 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 1 | St George’s | Jul 2009 |
| 21 | Win | 24.5 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 3 | St George’s | Jul 2009 |
| 22 | Ind | 26.0 | 9 | 52 | 4 | 1 | Chittagong | Jan 2010 |
| Tot | 523.1 | 119 | 1409 | 52 |
Shakib Al Hasan has captured five or more wickets on five occasions which are listed below. His best innings bowling effort of 7 for 36 and best match bowling effort of 9 for 115 have come against New Zealand at Chittagong in Oct 2008.
| No | Opp | 0 | M | R | W | Inns | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | NZl | 25.5 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 2 | Chittagong | Oct 2008 |
| 2 | SAF | 28.0 | 3 | 99 | 6 | 2 | Centurion | Nov 2008 |
| 3 | SAF | 38.0 | 4 | 130 | 5 | 1 | Bloemfontein | Nov 2008 |
| 4 | Srl | 28.4 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 1 | Mirpur | Dec 2008 |
| 5 | Win | 24.5 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 3 | St George’s | Jul 2009 |
Shakib Al Hasan became the fourth Bangladesh bowler to aggregate 50 plus test wickets. The others are – Mohammad Rafique {100 from 33 tests}, Mashrafe Mortaza {78 from 36 tests} and Shahadat Hossain {57 from 24 tests}.
Note : All statistics figures as of 17.01.2010 – at the end of the first day’s play of the first test between Bangladesh and India at Chittagong