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6 thousand Mushfiqur Rahim in 19 years

Mushfiqur Rahim was 39 runs behind the milestone before the start of the Mirpur Test. Many were expecting it to happen in the first innings of Bangladesh. But as he was out for 11 runs, he had to wait for the second innings. The distance was 28 runs.

On the second day of the Test today, in the last session of the second innings of Bangladesh, Mushfiqur hit Dan Pitt for a four in the 26th over. In addition to reaching personal 29 runs, Mushfiqur Rahim also achieved that milestone - he became the first batsman in Bangladesh's Test history to reach the peak of 6000 runs.

Mushfiqur Rahim is the most experienced in Bangladesh's current Test team judging by the number of matches and debut time. Mushfiqur, who has 93 Tests (including this match), made his debut in this edition in 2005. In the 172nd innings of his career, he saw 6000 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim reached this milestone as the 74th batsman in Test cricket.

The last fastest batsman on this list is Australian legend Don Bradman. The owner of an incredible 99.94 batting average was seen in the 68th innings. England legend Graham Gooch, who reached the same milestone in his 150th innings, is the 50th fastest on the list.

However, Mushfiqur Rahim has one thing in common with Bradman. It took Don 19 years 4 months 26 days to reach this milestone. Mushfiq also took 19 years, 4 months and 26 days more. However, there is no justification for this comparison.

Bradman, who played only 52 Tests in his 20-year career, did not play Tests from August 24, 1938 to November 28, 1946 due to World War II. That is, Bradman had to stay away from Test cricket for more than 8 years.

One of the reasons behind Mushfiqur Rahim's 19 years is that Bangladeshi players have fewer opportunities to play Tests than the players of the big teams. Take his own words, after his debut in 2005 till 2009 he played only 16 Tests. He scored 679 runs at an average of 23.4. No century.

From 2010 to 2019, Mushfiqur has played the most Tests in his career. At this time, he scored 3531 runs in 53 Tests at an average of 38.8. 6 centuries, highest not out 219 Then from 2020 till now he has scored 1793 runs at 49.8 in 24 Tests. 5 centuries.  

Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim

The umpires ended the game a little early due to lack of light on the second day in Mirpur today. Mushfiqur who was unbeaten on 31 runs might have seen another Myfalk if the game went on for a little longer. Only 2 runs were needed. It was only that Mushfiqur Rahim made the milestone of 5000 runs in one venue in three editions. Mushfiqur Rahim's 4998 runs in 155 matches (169 innings) at Shere Bangla Stadium, may reach the milestone tomorrow on the third day of the Test. No one else has so many runs in one venue in three editions.

Interestingly, the top four in this list are all Bangladeshis and the venue is also the same—Sherebangla Stadium. There Shakib Al Hasan is second with 4786 runs in 144 matches (157 innings). Tamim Iqbal is third with 4529 runs in 124 matches (139 innings). Mahmudullah IV scored 3597 runs in 136 matches (130 innings) at this venue. 

the wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim

However, Mushfiqur Rahim is not even in the top 10 in the list of highest runs scored in one venue only in Tests. Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene tops this list with 2921 runs in 27 Tests at Colombo's SSC ground. In both the list, Jayawardene - scored 2382 runs in 23 matches at Galle Stadium. Mushfiqur is 11th in the list with 1853 runs in 27 Tests at Shere Bangla Stadium. However, there are only three current cricketers in the top ten list - Mathews, Joe Root and Dimuth Karunaratne. In other words, Mushfiqur is fourth in the list of highest runs in one venue among the current cricketers. Lankan all-rounder Mathews tops this list with 2081 runs in 31 matches. The 'King' of Lord's scored 2022 runs in 22 matches in route two. Karunaratne scored three with 1983 runs in 22 matches.

It will be very difficult for other batsmen of Bangladesh to catch Mushfiqur Rahim's highest score in Tests. Mushfiqur Rahim's run count is 6003 in 172 innings. Tamim, who scored 5134 runs in 134 innings, is second in this list but last played a Test against Ireland in April last year. There is a question whether the 35-year-old Tamim will return in this edition or not. 

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Shakib, who scored 4609 runs in 130 innings, was supposed to retire after playing this Test, but that did not happen. Shakib's last Test was the Kanpur Test last September. Mominul Haque is fourth with 4269 runs in 123 innings. He has a gap of 1734 runs with Mushfiqur Rahim.