Australia
slumped to a historic low, posting their lowest-ever score T20I cricket as all-rounder
Shakib Al Hasan starred in Bangladesh’s 60-run win in the final of the five-match
series in Dhaka. Having already sealed the series 3-1, the hosts bundled out Australia
for a meager 62 runs with Shakib becoming the first men’s player to have taken 100
T20I wickets and scored 1,000 runs.

Australia’s
Ellyse Perry (1243 runs, 115 wickets) and Pakistan’s Nida Dar (1207 runs and
103 wickets) have both reached the landmark in women’s T20I cricket. Shakib is the 

Shakib
picked up four wickets for nine runs in his 3.4 overs, with Mohammad Saifuddin finishing
with figures of 3/12 from three overs as Bangladesh successfully defended their
modest 122-run total in just 13.4 overs. Shakib, who has seven wickets and 114
runs in the series, was named man-of-the-match as well as the man-of-the tournament.

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Captain
Matthew Wade (22) and Ben McDermott (17) were the only Australian batters to reach
double digits as the visitors lost their fifth consecutive series in the shortest
format.

Speaking
after the match, Shakib said the series win will be a huge confidence booster
to the Bangla Tigers ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. “Even
though the scorecard doesn’t show it but it would definitely make us much more
confident for the upcoming World T20. There is also an upcoming series against
New Zealand,” he was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

He also
said that the team has extra motivation to defeat the likes of Australia, which
has never toured Bangladesh before. “We feel an added motivation to play
against the teams that don’t often tour Bangladesh regularly. After a
successful tour of Zimbabwe, every one of us was motivated that they have to
play well in this series as we had never won a series against Australia.”

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Shakib also
expressed delight over becoming only the second bowler, after Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, to reach 100 wickets in
men’s T20I cricket. “It definitely feels good when I earn an achievement like
this, as personal achievements always motivate me to play even better for the
team.”