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Mushfiqur Rahim has become the first Bangladeshi batter to reach the milestone of 7,000 runs in Test cricket.
The veteran batter achieved the feat by taking a single off Roston Chase shortly after the lunch break on the final day of the ongoing Test against West Indies in Sylhet, bringing his score to nine.
Mushfiqur initially failed to realise that he had reached the landmark. He noticed it only after his teammates in the dressing room stood up and applauded him.
The 38-year-old missed the first Test of the series due to a finger injury. He was also the first Bangladeshi batter to reach 5,000 and 6,000 Test runs, achieving the milestones in 2022 and 2024, respectively.
Mushfiqur leads Bangladesh’s all-time Test run-scoring chart by a considerable margin. Mominul Haque is second with 5,293 runs, while retired opener Tamim Iqbal is third.
He also tops Bangladesh’s list of Test century-makers with 14 hundreds, ahead of Mominul (13) and Tamim (10).
Mushfiqur’s highest Test score is an unbeaten 219, which was once Bangladesh’s highest individual Test innings. However, Towhid Hridoy broke that record in the ongoing Sylhet Test with an unbeaten 242.
Making his international debut in 2005, Mushfiqur is Bangladesh’s most experienced Test cricketer. The Sylhet match is his 107th Test. In November 2025, he became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to play 100 Test matches.
Initially used lower down the batting order as a wicketkeeper, Mushfiqur took 20 matches to score his first 1,000 Test runs. His batting consistency improved significantly as his role in the team expanded, particularly after becoming captain in 2011.
He has continued to accelerate his scoring over the years, needing just 25 innings to move from 6,000 to 7,000 Test runs.
Besides Test cricket, Mushfiqur scored 6,697 runs in ODIs and 1,495 in T20Is before retiring from both limited-overs international formats.