A historic moment! Mushfiqur Rahim achieves a major career milestone during BAN vs WI 2nd Test
Mushfiqur Rahim returned to the Bangladesh side for the second Test against West Indies after missing the series opener due to a finger injury. The veteran batter featured on the final day of the ongoing contest in Sylhet, where he reached a memorable landmark shortly after lunch.
The 39-year-old has been a key figure in Bangladesh cricket for nearly two decades, having made his international debut in 2005. Over the years, he has established himself as one of the country’s most dependable batters and has continued to add to his impressive record in the longest format.
Mushfiqur Rahim joins an exclusive club in Bangladesh cricket
Mushfiqur became the first Bangladesh batter to score 7,000 runs in Test cricket on the final day of the Sylhet Test. He reached the landmark shortly after lunch by taking a single off Roston Chase to move to nine runs in the innings. The veteran did not appear to notice the achievement immediately and acknowledged it only when his teammates stood up in the dressing room to applaud him.
He had previously become the first Bangladesh batter to reach 5,000 and 6,000 Test runs in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Mominul Haque is second on Bangladesh’s all-time Test run-scoring list with 5,293 runs, while former opener Tamim Iqbal occupies third place. Mushfiqur is now nearly 2,000 runs ahead of Mominul.
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Mushfiqur’s numbers underline his remarkable consistency
Mushfiqur also leads Bangladesh’s Test century-makers list with 14 hundreds, ahead of Mominul’s 13 and Tamim’s 10. His career-best score of 219 not out was Bangladesh’s highest individual Test score until Towhid Hridoy surpassed it with an unbeaten 242 earlier in the same Sylhet Test. The ongoing match is Mushfiqur’s 107th Test appearance, making him Bangladesh’s most experienced player in the format.
He became the first cricketer from his country to feature in 100 Tests in November 2025, having made his international debut in 2005. Initially a lower-middle-order batter and wicketkeeper, Mushfiqur took 20 Tests to reach his first 1,000 runs. His scoring pace improved over the years, and he needed just 25 innings to progress from 6,000 to 7,000 Test runs. He has also scored 6,697 runs in ODIs and 1,495 in T20Is before retiring from both formats.
The first and only Bangladesh batter to reach 7,000 Test runs- Mushfiqur Rahim 💯🔥#MushfiqurRahim #Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/ASwofMLFNC
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