Mushfiqur Rahim became the first batsman from Bangladesh to score 7,000 runs in Test cricket on November 9, 2026, the last day of the second Test in Sylhet. Just before the lunch break, he surpassed the milestone by hitting a single off Roston Chase, becoming the only Bangladeshi to stand in that area in the history of the game.
Shortly after midday, Mushfiqur hit the milestone by moving to nine runs with a single off West Indies spinner Roston Chase. He did not realize the accomplishment until his teammates cheered him on in the locker room. Due to a finger injury, the 39-year-old was unable to play in the first Test of the series. However, he made a comeback for the second game, adding yet another significant milestone to his remarkable career.
Although Mushfiqur did not immediately recognise the cheers from the pitch, his teammates stood up in the dressing room to offer him a standing ovation. In his 107th Test match, following his 197th innings, he reached the milestone as Bangladesh needed to reach a goal of 369 in Sylhet to prevent a series whitewash against the West Indies.
In 2022 and 2024, Mushfiqur became the first batter from Bangladesh to amass 5,000 and 6,000 Test runs, respectively. With 5,293 runs, Mominul Haque is ranked second among Bangladesh’s top run scorers in Test cricket, followed by former batsman
Tamim Iqbal in third place. Mushfiqur has amassed 14 Test hundreds, including a career-high 219 not out. Tamim and Mominul have recorded 10 and 13 centuries, respectively. Towhid Hridoy’s undefeated 242 earlier in the ongoing Sylhet Test broke his record for the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi batter in Tests.
With 14 Test hundreds, Mushfiqur tops that list as well, surpassing Tamim’s 10 and Mominul’s 13. Towhid Hridoy scored an undefeated 242 in the first innings of this particular Sylhet series, surpassing Bangladesh’s greatest individual Test score of 219 not out, which he achieved against Zimbabwe in 2018.
Mushfiqur has shown remarkable consistency in the latter part of his career, going from 6,000 to 7,000 Test runs in just 25 innings. Having amassed 6,697 runs in the 50-over format and 1,495 runs in T20 internationals during his career, he had already retired from both ODIs and T20Is.
