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Originally Posted by Navo
Spot on. This has been a world cup performance for the ages, the like of which we are unlikely to see again (honestly speaking).
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To put things in perspective below are the man of the tournament winners since the inception of the award:
Year Player Stats
1992 M.Crowe (
456 runs)
1996 S.Jayasuriya (
221 runs and 7 wickets)
1999 L.Klusener (
281 runs and 17 wickets)
2003 S.Tendulkar (
673 runs (11 innings, avg 61, 1 hundred) and 2 wickets)
2007 G.Mcgrath (
26 wickets)
2011 Y.Singh (
362 Runs and 15 wickets)
2015 M.Starc (
22 Wickets)
Here's what Shakib has done through 8 matches:
542 runs (8 innings, avg 90, 2 hundred) and 11 wickets (31 avg, 1 5 wk haul)