Mushfiqur completes 7000 runs in Tests

Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi to amass over 7,000 runs in Test cricket, during the second session on the fifth and final day of the second Test against the West Indies at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Mushfiqur needed just nine runs in the second innings to reach the milestone.

The moment arrived in the 20th over of the innings, when Mushfiqur turned the ball toward mid-on and took a single to complete the feat.

Mushfiqur is the 59th batter to complete more than 7000 runs in the five-day format. He has also surpassed the legendary Don Bradman’s total run tally in Tests of 6996.

In the ongoing Test, Mushfiqur, alongside Towhid Hridoy, is trying to steer Bangladesh away from a losing the Sylhet Test, chasing an improbable 369.

At the time of writing this report, Bangladesh had reached 89-2, with Mushfiqur and Hridoy batting on 14 and 39, respectively.