Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh scored 206 against Pakistan in its second innings {third innings of the test} at Khulna to provide the 35^th occasion of a batsman scoring 200 plus runs against Pakistan in a test innings. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs against Pakistan in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

 

 

BATSMEN SCORING 200 PLUS RUNS AGAINST PAKISTAN
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DCS Compton	278	2	Eng	v Pak	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954
2	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	v Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
3	GS Sobers	365*	2	Win	v Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
4	RB Kanhai	217	1	Win	v Pak	Lahore	26 Mar 1959
5	ER Dexter	205	2	Eng	v Pak	Karachi	02 Feb 1962
6	GS Chappell	235	1	Aus	v Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
7	GS Chappell	201	2	Aus	v Pak	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981
8	AD Gaekwad	201	2	Ind	v Pak	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
9	GN Yallop	268	2	Aus	v Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
10	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Ind	v Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
11	GW Flower	201*	1	Zim	v Pak	Harare	31 Jan 1995
12	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	v Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
13	MS Atapattu	207*	1	Srl	v Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
14	MS Sinclair	204*	1	NZl	v Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
15	KC Sangakkara	230	2	Srl	v Pak	Lahore	06 Mar 2002
16	HH Gibbs	228	1	SAF	v Pak	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
17	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	v Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
18	R Dravid	270	2	Ind	v Pak	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
19	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	v Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
20	RT Ponting	207	2	Aus	v Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
21	V Sehwag	201	2	Ind	v Pak	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
22	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	v Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
23	BC Lara	216	2	Win	v Pak	Multan	19 Nov 2006
24	W Jaffer	202	1	Ind	v Pak	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
25	SC Ganguly	239	1	Ind	v Pak	Bangalore	08 Dec 2007
26	DPMD Jayawardene	240	1	Srl	v Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
27	TT Samaraweera	231	1	Srl	v Pak	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
28	TT Samaraweera	214	1	Srl	v Pak	Lahore	01 Mar 2009
29	RT Ponting	209	1	Aus	v Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
30	AB de Villiers	278*	1	SAF	v Pak	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
31	KC Sangakkara	211	3	Srl	v Pak	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
32	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	v Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
33	KC Sangakkara	221	2	Srl	v Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
34	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	v Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
35	Tamim Iqbal	206	3	Ban	v Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
OPENING BATSMEN SCORING 200 PLUS RUNS AGAINST PAKISTAN
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	v Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
2	AD Gaekwad	201	2	Ind	v Pak	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
3	GW Flower	201*	1	Zim	v Pak	Harare	31 Jan 1995
4	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	v Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
5	MS Atapattu	207*	1	Srl	v Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
6	HH Gibbs	228	1	SAF	v Pak	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
7	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	v Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
8	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	v Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
9	V Sehwag	201	2	Ind	v Pak	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
10	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	v Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
11	W Jaffer	202	1	Ind	v Pak	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
12	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	v Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
13	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	v Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
14	Tamim Iqbal	206	3	Ban	v Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015

 

Tamim Iqbal became the second Bangladesh batsman to score 200 runs in a test innings. Mushfiqur Rahim had scored 200 runs against Sri Lanka at Galle in Mar 2013. Thus Tamim Iqbal’s 206 in this test represent the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman in tests

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	Ban	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
2	Tamim Iqbal	206	Ban	Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015

 

Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladesh opening batsman to score 200 runs in a test innings. It represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh opening batsman in a test innings. The previous best score was 151 by Tamim Iqbal himself against India at Dhaka in Jan 2010.

 

It also represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh opening batsman in a test innings on home soil. The previous best score was 151 by Tamim Iqbal himself against India at Dhaka in Jan 2010.