Bangladesh skipper’s fifties in a test innings in a losing cause

Bangladesh skipper’s fifties in a test innings in a losing cause

Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh scored 84 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against India at Chattogram to provide the 28th occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty in a test innings  in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Habibul Bashar773v West IndiesKingston04 Jun 2004
2Khaled Mashud513v New ZealandChattogram26 Oct 2004
3Habibul Bashar633v EnglandCh-le-St03 Jun 2005
4Habibul Bashar841v Sri LankaCol-RPS12 Sep 2005
5Habibul Bashar691v Sri LankaBogra08 Mar 2006
6Habibul Bashar733v Sri LankaBogra08 Mar 2006
7Habibul Bashar761v AustraliaFatullah09 Apr 2006
8Mohd Ashraful129*3v Sri LankaCol-PSS-3 Jul 2007
9Mohd Ashraful1014v Sri LankaMirpur26 Dec 2008
10Shakib Al Hasan872v New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
11Shakib Al Hasan1004v New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
12Shakib Al Hasan963v EnglandMirpur20 Mar 2010
13Shakib Al Hasan682v ZimbabweHarare04 Aug 2011
14Mushfiqur Rahim694v West IndiesMirpur29 Oct 2011
15Mushfiqur Rahim533v PakistanMirpur17 Dec 2011
16Mushfiqur Rahim611v Sri LankaMirpur27 Jan 2014
17Mushfiqur Rahim1163v West IndiesKingstown05 Sep 2014
18Mushfiqur Rahim1591v New ZealandWellington12 Jan 2017
19Mushfiqur Rahim1272v IndiaHyd-RGS09 Feb 2017
20Mushfiqur Rahim852v Sri LankaGalle07 Mar 2017
21Mushfiqur Rahim681v AustraliaChattogram04 Sep 2017
22Shakib Al Hasan544v West IndiesKingston12 Jul 2018
23Mahmudullah1463v New ZealandHamilton28 Feb 2019
24Mahmudullah673v New ZealandWellington8 Mar 2019
25Mominul Haque1153v West IndiesChattogram03 Feb 2021
26Shakib Al Hasan511v West IndiesNorth Sound16 Jun 2022
27Shakib Al Hasan633v West IndiesNorth Sound16 Jun 2022
28Shakib Al Hasan844v IndiaChattogram14 Dec 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty in a test innings against India in a losing cause.  Both such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Mushfiqur Rahim1272v IndiaHyd-RGS09 Feb 2017
2Shakib Al Hasan844v IndiaChattogram14 Dec 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty in the fourth innings of a test in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Mohd Ashraful1014v Sri LankaMirpur26 Dec 2008
2Shakib Al Hasan1004v New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
3Mushfiqur Rahim694v West IndiesMirpur29 Oct 2011
4Shakib Al Hasan544v West IndiesKingston12 Jul 2018
5Shakib Al Hasan844v IndiaChattogram14 Dec 2022

Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan share the record for most fifties in a losing cause by Bangladesh captain. Both the captains have witnessed eight fifties in losing cause.

NoPlayerRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Mushfiqur Rahim694v West IndiesMirpur29 Oct 2011
2Mushfiqur Rahim533v PakistanMirpur17 Dec 2011
3Mushfiqur Rahim611v Sri LankaMirpur27 Jan 2014
4Mushfiqur Rahim1163v West IndiesKingstown05 Sep 2014
5Mushfiqur Rahim1591v New ZealandWellington12 Jan 2017
6Mushfiqur Rahim1272v IndiaHyd-RGS09 Feb 2017
7Mushfiqur Rahim852v Sri LankaGalle07 Mar 2017
8Mushfiqur Rahim681v AustraliaChattogram04 Sep 2017
       
1Shakib Al Hasan872v New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
2Shakib Al Hasan1004v New ZealandHamilton15 Feb 2010
3Shakib Al Hasan963v EnglandMirpur20 Mar 2010
4Shakib Al Hasan682v ZimbabweHarare04 Aug 2011
5Shakib Al Hasan544v West IndiesKingston12 Jul 2018
6Shakib Al Hasan511v West IndiesNorth Sound16 Jun 2022
7Shakib Al Hasan633v West IndiesNorth Sound16 Jun 2022
8Shakib Al Hasan844v IndiaChattogram14 Dec 2022
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