Hridoy passes Mushfiqur for Bangladesh's highest Test innings record

Tawhid Hridoy has now made the record for the highest individual innings by a Bangladeshi in Tests his own, after scoring a double century against the West Indies in the second Test in Sylhet. The innings that began with his maiden century reached a double century and went past Mushfiqur Rahim.

Hridoy turned the first century of his Test career into a double century. Played against the West Indies in the second Test in Sylhet, this innings has created new history in Bangladesh cricket.

After the double century, the record for the highest innings by a Bangladeshi in Tests now stands in Hridoy's name. Mushfiqur Rahim had held this record until now; breaking it, Hridoy has written his name afresh in the record books.

A maiden century followed by a double century — touching two milestones in the same innings, Tawhid Hridoy rewrote Bangladesh cricket's record book in the Sylhet Test.

The innings that began with a maiden century in Sylhet reached a double century and wrote a new name in the record book of Bangladesh's Test cricket.