Shakib Al Hasan has been selected as the second best cricketer of the 21st century in ODI cricket.
The Bangladeshi superstar was selected as one of the most valuable cricketers of the century by the famous cricket magazine Wisden Cricket Monthly.
Shakib, one of the best all-rounders of the modern era also ranked six in Test cricket.
However, he missed out from a place in the top 20 of T20.
Wisden Cricket Monthly has made the list of the 'Most Valuable Player' or MVP in a joint study with cricket statistics farm- Cricviz.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan is at number one in the Test list. In ODI cricket, former English cricketer Andrew Flintoff has been named the best cricketer. Afghanistan's leg-spinner Rashid Khan has been ranked number one in the T20.
A lot has been taken into consideration in selecting the best cricketer of the century. How much impact the players have had in the match or how bad they have done, how much they have contributed, and so on.
Wisden Cricket Monthly said they did not select the best players. On the contrary, they have been able to select the most 'influential' cricketers at this time.
Considering all the criteria, the most influential player of the century has been selected on the basis of rating points.
Muralitharan, who had the most impact in the Tests, got the highest rating of 97.5 *. He is followed by India's Rabindra Jadeja (97.3), Australia's Steven Smith (91.7), Glenn McGrath (89.6), South Africa's Shaun Pollock (84.9), Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (84.2), South Africa's Jacques Kallis (83.9) and India's Rabichandran Ashwin (83.9), Australia's Pat Cummins (83.3), Shane Warne (81.02).
On the other hand, Flintoff, who is the number one in ODIs, scored 21.3 rating points. Shakib, who is in the second position, has a rating point of 20.8. He was followed by Glenn McGrath (20.6), AB de Villiers (20.4), Ken Williamson (19.1), Virat Kohli (18.9), Shaun Pollock (17.1), Hashim Amla (17.1), Nathan Bracken of Australia (17.0) and Jacques Kallis (16.9).
Meanwhile, Rashid Khan was named the MVP in T20 with 7.1 points.
