Mushfiqur Rahim turned the primary Bangladeshi batter to achieve 5,000 Test runs after scoring a affected person 105, his eighth century within the longest format of the sport. It was Rahim’s slowest century when it comes to balls confronted.
Together with Tamim Iqbal, who retired damage on 133 the day earlier than and could not add to his rating on Wednesday, Rahim and Liton Das’ 88 helped Bangladesh notch 465 and eclipse Sri Lanka’s 397.
“It’s a nice feat to get finally,” Mushfiqur stated within the post-match interview after his innings.
“But it is not the top. I hope the legacy shall be continued. I consider there are junior gamers, like Mahmudul Hasan, will get 8,000 or 10,000 check runs in future,” he added.
“Only in Bangladesh, I’ve seen that folks evaluate me to Bradman once I rating a century, however then once I do not rating runs, I really feel like digging a gap for myself.
“I am one of the senior players so we are not going to be around for long. But this is becoming a culture, so the younger players need the support. If I have to spend so much time tackling these things off the field, our on-field duties get affected,” he was quoted as saying by cricbuzz.
“I feel there isn’t any worth for expertise in Bangladesh. It is a large deal to have performed for 17 years. Allah has written what awaits me, and I need to carry out that a lot nicely,” he concluded.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
