Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim completes 9,000 First-Class runs: Key stats
What's the story
Senior Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim has completed 9,000 runs in First-Class cricket. Rahim reached the landmark on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. The 38-year-old, who made 35 in his first outing, attained the feat with his third run in the third innings. Over 6,000 of his FC runs have come in Test cricket.
Knock
Brief stay for Rahim
The Lankans finished at 458/10 while responding to Bangladesh's first innings score of 247/10. The visitors were reduced to 63/3 when Rahim arrived to bat. He made a 53-ball 26 with the help of two fours before falling to Prabath Jayasuriya. The veteran batter added 30 runs with Litton Das before going down as the fifth wicket.
Stats
A look at his red-ball stats
Rahim, who has been Bangladesh's mainstay middle-order batter for over a decade, completed 9,000 (now 9,023) FC runs in 149 matches (262 innings). He has an average of around 39 with 19 tons and 41 half-centuries in red-ball cricket, as per ESPNcricinfo. In Tests, the Bangladesh batter has scored 6,328 runs across 98 Tests at 38.12 (100s: 12, 50s: 27).
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Only Bangladesh batter with this feat
Meanwhile, Rahim is the only Bangladesh batter with over 6,000 runs in Test cricket. Tamim Iqbal follows him on the tally, with 5,134 runs. No other batter has even scored 5,000 runs for Bangladesh in the format. Rahim reached the landmark of 6,000 runs during the 1st Test against South Africa in Dhaka last year.
Records
Notable records of Rahim in red-ball cricket
As per ESPNcricinfo, Rahim has the fourth-most individual score by a designated wicket-keeper in Tests. He scored an unbeaten 219 against Zimbabwe in Mirpur in 2018. He has the second-most appearances while leading a Test side as a designated wicket-keeper (28). He is only behind MS Dhoni (60). Rahim is among the few players with 2,000-plus runs and 100-plus wicket-keeping dismissals in the format.
Numbers
Rahim vs SL
Earlier in the game, Rahim became the batter with the third-most Test runs against Sri Lanka. He has now raced to 1,619 runs at 55.82 against the side across 19 games (4 tons and 7 fifties). 962 of Rahim's Test runs have come on Lankan soil at a fine average of 64.13. This includes two tons and four fifties.