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A unique milestone is just 43 runs away. Once he crosses it, Mushfiqur Rahim will become the first Bangladeshi batter to score 7,000 Test runs. The chance comes as early as tomorrow, with the first Test against the West Indies starting in Mirpur on Wednesday.
Mushfiqur’s Test journey began against England at Lord’s in 2005, when he was 18. Since then he has scored 6,957 runs in 195 innings across 106 Tests for Bangladesh at an average of 39.08.
The 39-year-old’s Test career includes three double centuries, as well as 14 hundreds and 30 fifties.
He is also the only Bangladeshi to have played 100 Tests, reaching the landmark in a series against Ireland in Mirpur last year.
Mushfiqur entered the record books by scoring 106 in the first innings of his 100th Test. He is Bangladesh’s first and the world’s 11th cricketer to hit a century in his 100th Test.
Mushfiqur has so far played 14 Tests against the West Indies, scoring 782 runs in 27 innings, including one century and three fifties, at an average of 31.28.
By the numbers
According to a Newsbytes report on 14 August, Mushfiqur Rahim then had 6,806 Test runs, the most by any Bangladeshi batter.
According to the same report, Mominul Haque reached 5,166 runs in 79 Tests in that match, overtaking Tamim Iqbal (5,134 runs in 70 Tests) to become the country’s second-highest Test run-scorer.
At a glance
According to the schedule announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the second match of the two-Test series will be played at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium from 5 to 9 November, with no match in Chattogram this time, The Daily Star Bangla reported on 8 September.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
Background sources: Newsbytes, 14 August 2026; The Daily Star Bangla, 8 September 2026
