
Mr. Dependable of Bangladesh cricket Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Tiger to write twin double hundred in Test cricket. He illuminated 219 runs' figure next to his name on Monday, which is the highest individual Test innings by any Bangladesh batsman.
Mushi resumed batting from overnight's 111, had reached his 200 runs' cornerstone facing 407 balls and remained unbeaten accumulating 219 runs from 421 deliveries with 18 boundaries and one over boundary till Bangladesh declare their first innings on 522 for seven. Facing 421 deliveries in an innings is also a record for any Bangladesh batter.
The first Test twofold ton by any Bangladesh batter was also credited by the little master, who scored sharp 200 against Sri Lanka in March 2013 at Galle in Sri Lanka.
With his career best Test innings on Monday, Mushi broke the 217 runs' record of Shakib Al Hasan, which he made in Wellington against host New Zealand in 2017. Alongside Mushfiq and Shakib, Tamim Iqbal is the third Bangladesh batsman to have a Test double century. Tamim scored 206 runs against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015.
Mushfiq, 32, is the solitary wicketkeeper in the world to score double-hundred in elite cricket twice.
Mushfiqur Rahim remained 38 short of 4000 runs' milestone and the second highest Test run getter of Bangladesh after Tamim Iqbal, who leading the table with 4049. Shakib Al Hasan following Mushfiq with 3692 runs Test total.
