300 and counting: Shakib joins exclusive club with brilliant Bangladesh performance
Shakib registered the milestone during his Player of the Match performance for Bangladesh in their 50-run victory over England in Chattogram, with the left-armer contributing strongly with both bat and ball.
The 35-year-old top-scored for Bangladesh with a stylish 75, before returning to the crease to collect impressive figures of 4/35 from 10 overs to once again bowl his side to victory.
Shakib's final victim was England teenage debutant Rehan Ahmed and it ensured the experienced left-armer became just the 14th player in the history of Men's ODI cricket to have picked up 300 wickets in 50-over cricket.
MOST WICKETS IN MEN'S ODI CRICKET
| Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) | 534 |
| Wasim Akram (Pakistan) | 502 |
| Waqar Younis (Pakistan) | 416 |
| Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) | 400 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) | 395 |
| Shaun Pollock (South Africa) | 393 |
| Glenn McGrath (Australia) | 381 |
| Brett Lee (Australia) | 380 |
| Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) | 338 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 337 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 323 |
| Javagal Srinath (India) | 315 |
| Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) | 305 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) | 300 |
| Shane Warne (Australia) | 293 |
And while Bangladesh lost three-match ODI series to England 2-1, the Asian country have already picked up enough points during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League to ensure they will feature at the 50-over showcase that is scheduled to be held in India later this year.
The victory saw Bangladesh leapfrog Pakistan and rise to fourth on the current Super League standings, with the top eight teams at the completion of the Super League qualifying directly for the Cricket World Cup at the end of the year.
England sit on top of the standings and are well placed to defend the title they won at the last World Cup in 2019, while New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia and Afghanistan have also booked their place at the event.
Just who joins those seven sides and claims the eighth and final spot from the Super League remains to be seen, with a total of four teams still in contention to qualify directly.
West Indies currently occupy eighth place with 88 Super League points, but the Caribbean side have played all 24 of their matches and would need a miracle to hang on.
Ninth-placed South Africa (78 points), 10th-placed Sri Lanka (77) and 11th-placed Ireland (68) are all snapping at their heels and have matches in hand to try and catapult past the West Indies into the final automatic qualifying spot.
South Africa still have a two matches of a crucial home series against the Netherlands to play, while Sri Lanka are in New Zealand this month for a three-game ODI series against the Black Caps.
Ireland's faint hopes of qualifying automatically will rest on a rescheduled series against Bangladesh later in the year.