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Bangladesh National Cricket Team batting icon Mushfiqur Rahim has achieved a massive milestone during the second and final Test against the West Indies National Cricket Team at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Monday (November 9).
The veteran wicketkeeper-batter has added another golden chapter to his already remarkable journey as he has become the first cricketer from Bangladesh to complete 7000 runs in Test cricket.
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Mushfiqur Rahim becomes first Bangladesh batter to score 7000 Test runs
Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to complete 7000 runs in Test cricket. The historic moment came on Monday when Mushfiqur reached the landmark by scoring a single off Roston Chase shortly after lunch during the ongoing second Test in Sylhet.
Interestingly, Mushfiqur did not appear to notice that he had reached the historic milestone. He realized the achievement only when his teammates stood up in the dressing room and applauded him. With this achievement, Rahim has once again proved his importance to Bangladesh cricket.
The 38-year-old wicketkeeper-batter was also the first Bangladeshi batter to score 5000 and 6000 Test runs, having reached those milestones in 2022 and 2024, respectively.
Mushfiqur currently leads Bangladesh's all-time Test run-scoring charts by a huge margin. Mominul Haque is second with 5293 runs, while former opener Tamim Iqbal is third among Bangladesh’s highest Test run-getters with 5134 runs in 134 innings across 70 matches.
Most runs for Bangladesh in Tests
Mushfiqur Rahim: 197 innings, 7,000 runs
Mominul Haque: 152 innings, 5,293 runs
Tamim Iqbal: 134 innings, 5,134 runs
Shakib Al Hasan: 130 innings, 4,609 runs
Litton Das: 102 innings, 3,557 runs
Habibul Bashar: 99 innings, 3,026 runs
Mahmudullah: 94 innings, 2,914 runs
Najmul Hossain Shanto: 88 innings, 2,866 runs
Mohammad Ashraful: 119 innings, 2,737 runs
Mehidy Hasan Miraz: 112 innings, 2,424 runs
Rahim has also scored 14 Test centuries and 30 half-centuries in his career. Mominul follows him with 13 centuries, while Tamim has scored 10 centuries in the format.
Mushfiqur Rahim's incredible journey
Mushfiqur Rahim made his Bangladesh debut in 2005. The ongoing Sylhet match is his 107th Test, which made him the player with the most Test caps for Bangladesh. He started his career as a lower-middle-order batter and wicketkeeper.
His career has been full of memorable performances, including his unbeaten 219 against Zimbabwe in 2018. It remained Bangladesh's highest individual Test score for several years before Towhid Hridoy smashed an unbeaten 242 in the first innings of the ongoing Sylhet Test.
Apart from Test cricket, Mushfiqur has 6697 runs in ODIs and 1495 runs in T20Is to his name. He has already retired from both ODI and T20I formats but continues to play Test cricket.
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Mushfiqur Rahim and Towhid Hridoy stitch 113-run stand to keep Bangladesh's hopes alive
Notably, Mushfiqur missed the first Test against the West Indies because of a finger injury before returning for the second Test. Well, Bangladesh fought back strongly on the final day of the second Test against the West Indies in Sylhet.
Chasing a challenging target of 369 runs after the visitors declared at 398/6, Towhid Hridoy and Rahim added an unbeaten 113-run partnership. Hridoy scored a brilliant half-century and became the first Bangladeshi batter to score a double-century and a fifty in the same Test.
He also recorded the highest match aggregate by a Bangladeshi in Test cricket. Bangladesh still needs 207 runs in 30 overs to level the two-match Test series against West Indies at home.
