Double century and fifty in the same Test: Hridoy scripts new history

Tawhid Hridoy has made history with the bat in the Sylhet Test. Against the West Indies, he played a superb innings of 242 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he also scored a fifty. With that, he became the first Bangladeshi batter to score a double century and a fifty in the same Test.

Before him, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, and Shakib Al Hasan had scored double centuries in Tests for Bangladesh. But none of them could manage a double century and a fifty in the two innings of the same Test. Hridoy has now made that feat his own.

In the first innings, amid a batting collapse by Bangladesh, Hridoy held one end and played an innings of 242 runs. The 359-ball innings was studded with 22 fours and 11 sixes.

With that innings, he broke the record for the highest individual innings for Bangladesh in Tests. He went past Mushfiqur, who had scored 219 runs.

After that extraordinary performance in the first innings, Hridoy further enriched his feat by scoring a fifty in the second innings as well.

The Sylhet Test will therefore remain a memorable match in his career.

The Sylhet Test ended in a draw, and the West Indies won the series 1-0.

In Bangladesh's Test history, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, and Shakib Al Hasan owned double centuries, but the combined feat of a double century and a fifty in the same match had belonged to no one until now. Hridoy is the first Bangladeshi batter to achieve it.

The first-innings 242, played while holding one end during the team's batting collapse, came off 359 balls and included 22 fours and 11 sixes. In that innings, he broke Mushfiqur's record of 219 for the highest individual Test innings for Bangladesh.

By scoring a fifty in the second innings, Hridoy completed his feat. His performance in the Sylhet Test stands as a new milestone in Bangladesh cricket.