ok looking at stats shakib is one of the greatest, all he has to do to be a great at the end of his career is improve or stay as consistent as he is. kallis is one of the greatest and shakib is always battling him for the #1 allrounder spot.
now as already said most great allrounders are batting allrounders (sobers, kallis) or bowling allrounders (hadlee) especially in test cricket, you also have the kapil devs and ian bothams. shakib is kind of inbetween if you look at his stats because his batting average even in tests is around 35, bowling average is 31 in tests and 28 in ODIs. so his batting seems a bit better than the bothams and devs but bowling seems on par or possibly even slightly better.
however, there is a difference with shakib, most great allrounders a pacers. shakib is one of the few genuine spin allrounders, sure there are a lot of spinners who can hold a bat but not many reach allrounder status.
no doubt shakib is a great ODI allrounder, he's on his way in tests clearly being that he averages close to 35, bats in the top 6 and has is a frontline strike bowler with great wicket-taking ability (proven by the 4fers and 5fers he's got in the tests he's played).
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All Time Test XI: 1 Hobbs 2 B.Richards 3 Bradman 4 Kohli 5 V.Richards 6 Sobers 7 Gilchrist 8 Miller 9 Procter 10 Marshall 11 Warne
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