Mushfiqur Rahim becomes first Bangladeshi to 7,000 Test runs
Mushfiqur Rahim has made new history in Bangladesh cricket. The experienced wicketkeeper-batter has become the first Bangladeshi batter to reach 7,000 runs in Test cricket.
He achieved the feat on Monday, on the fifth and final day of the second Test against the West Indies at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Chasing the West Indies' target of 369, Mushfiqur took a single off Jomel Warrican in Bangladesh's second innings to reach 9, and with it completed 7,000 runs in his Test career.
Before the match, Mushfiqur was 43 runs short of 7,000. After scoring 34 in the first innings, he needed nine more in the second, and he got them on the final day.
He reached the milestone in his 107th Test and his 197th innings. He is the 59th batter in world cricket to score 7,000 Test runs, and the first from Bangladesh to do so.
The 39-year-old is known as 'Mr Dependable', a name he has earned over a long career as the side's symbol of reliability.
Mushfiqur Rahim stands at the top of Bangladesh's Test run-scorers. Behind him are Mominul Haque and Tamim Iqbal. Mominul, in second place, has 5,293 runs, while Tamim has 5,134.
Mushfiqur's name is linked to several firsts in Bangladesh's Test history. He was the first Bangladeshi batter to reach 5,000 Test runs in 2022 and 6,000 in 2024.
He also holds the country's first Test double century, scoring 200 against Sri Lanka in the Galle Test in 2013.
In the first innings of this Sylhet Test, Tawhid Hridoy scored an unbeaten 242, breaking Mushfiqur's record for Bangladesh's highest individual Test innings.
Mushfiqur had held that record with his unbeaten 219 against Zimbabwe in 2018. Even as he lost the record for the highest individual innings, he strengthened his position as Bangladesh's leading Test run-scorer.
