BAN vs SL: Mushfiqur Rahim Becomes First Bangladesh Player To Score 5000 Test Runs
Published - 18 May 2022, 04:55 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:07 AM
Veteran Bangladesh player Mushfiqur Rahim on Wednesday (May 18) became the first batter from the country to complete 5000 Test runs.
The 34-year-old achieved the feat on the fourth day of the ongoing first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chattogram.
Mushfiqur Rahim completes 5000 Test runs
Ahead of the Test match, Mushfiqur aggregated 4932 runs in 148 innings. He remained unbeaten on 53 as Bangladesh were 318/3 at the end of Day 3.
In the 123rd over, Rahim plundered a couple of runs off Asitha Fernando’s bowling to reach the historic landmark for Bangladesh in red-ball cricket.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored an impressive 133 at the start of the innings, is the second-most leading scorer in the country in Test cricket.
Tamim has amassed 4981 runs in 66 Tests and missed the opportunity to become the first Bangladesh player to go past 5000 runs in Test cricket.
After reaching his 10th Test century, Tamim struggled on the pitch in his battle with the heat and humidity. The southpaw did not return to bat after the tea break as he was declared retired hurt.
Tamim resumed his innings on Day 4 after Liton Das’ dismissal to Kasun Rajitha. But Tamim’s stay at the crease lasted for just one ball as Rajitha cleaned him up with a full in-swinger.
Mushfiqur Rahim aims toward the eighth Test ton
Mushfiqur continued his brilliant run in the game and flowed the runs off his willow, although, he hit just three boundaries in the course of his innings.
At the end of the 150th over, Rahim was batting on 97 along with Nayeem Hasan. Bangladesh took a slender lead of 28 runs in the first innings. Rahim could score his eighth Test hundred.
Earlier, Sri Lanka all-rounder and former captain Angelo Mathews missed his second double-hundred in Test cricket by a whisker.
Mathews scored 199 in 397 balls, his innings was laced with 19 fours and a six to power Sri Lanka to 397.
