Mushfiqur Rahim’s unique feat

Mushfiqur Rahim’s unique feat

Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh scored 219 not out against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in the ongoing test to provide the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All  such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
2 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
3 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
4 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
5 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
6 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
7 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
8 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
9 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018

Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh scored 219 not out against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in the ongoing test to provide the second occasion of his scoring 200 plus runs in an innings as a wicket-keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket. Prior to this knock, he had scored 200 against Sri  Lanka at Galle in Mar 2013. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018

Mushfiqur Rahim earned the distinction of scoring 200 plus runs on two occasions to become the only wicketkeeper to perform such a feat. Add this little flavor to his unique feat – his two double centuries have come on away and home soil

Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh scored 219 not out against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in the ongoing test to provide the fourth occasion of a Bangladesh batsmen scoring 200 plus runs in test innings.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2013
2 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 v Pakistan Khulna 28 Apr 2015
3 Shakib Al Hasan 217 1 v New Zealand Wellington 12 Jan 2017
4 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 v Zimbabwe Dhaka 11 Nov 2018

It also represents the highest individual score by a  Bangladesh batsman  in test innings. The previous best was 217 by Shakib Al Hasan  against New Zealand at Khulna  in Jan 2017

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