New Delhi. Bangladesh's experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has brought glory to his country by achieving great achievements in Test cricket. He has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to complete 7000 runs in the Test format. He achieved this historic feat by scoring just 9 runs in the second innings of the second Test being played against West Indies in Sylhet. With this achievement, he has registered his name in the history of Bangladeshi cricket. Bangladesh had a challenging target of 387 runs to win in the Sylhet Test. In the second innings, after the team's second wicket fell at 40 runs, Mushfiqur Rahim came out to bat. After scoring nine runs, he completed 7000 runs of his Test career. Although, he was out after scoring 34 runs in the first innings, but this achievement in the second innings became a memorable moment of his long cricket career.
First Bangladeshi batsman to reach 7000 runs
This achievement of Mushfiqur Rahim is also special because till now no other batsman of Bangladesh has achieved this feat in Test cricket (Test Cricket) has not even crossed the mark of 6000 runs. Mominul Haq is second in the list of highest test run scorers for the country, who has 5293 runs in his name. Whereas, Tamim Iqbal is in third place with 5134 runs. Rahim has made a distinct identity in Test cricket on the basis of his consistency and excellent performance. Being a part of the team for a long time, he has played an important role in strengthening Bangladesh's batting.
Wicketkeeper is also at the forefront as a batsman.
Mushfiqur Rahim's record is not limited to total test runs only. He is also the highest run scorer for Bangladesh as a wicketkeeper batsman. He has scored 3515 runs so far as a wicketkeeper. Liton Das is at second place in this list with 2990 runs. In this way, Rahim has proved his usefulness in both the roles behind the wicket and batting.
West Indies had given the target of 387 runs
In the second test match, West Indies scored 356 runs in the first innings. In response, Bangladesh team scored 386 runs and gained a slight lead of 30 runs. In the second innings, West Indies declared the innings by scoring 398 runs with the help of Kavem Hodge's brilliant 142 runs. After this Bangladesh got the target of 387 runs to win. In the second innings of this challenging match, Mushfiqur Rahim completed the 7000th Test run of his career. His achievement is being considered a historic milestone for Bangladesh cricket.