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Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim reached a historic milestone by becoming the first Bangladeshi to score 7,000 runs in Test cricket, surpassing Australian legend Donald Bradman.
Mushfiq achieved the feat during the second innings of the second Test against the West Indies in Sylhet on Monday.
He reached the landmark in the 20th over of the fifth day by taking a single off Jomel Warrican at mid-on.
Mushfiq made his Test debut against England at Lord’s on May 26, 2005, scoring 19 and 3 in his first match.
He entered the Sylhet Test needing 43 runs to reach the 7,000-run mark. After scoring 34 in the first innings, he needed just nine more in the second innings to make history.
The 107-Test veteran reached the milestone in his 197th innings, becoming the 59th batter in Test history to score 7,000 runs.
His Test career includes 14 centuries, 30 half-centuries and three double centuries.
Mushfiq is now Bangladesh’s highest Test run-scorer, followed by Mominul Haque with 5,293 runs.
Although Towhid Hridoy had surpassed Mushfiq’s previous record for the highest individual Test score by a Bangladeshi in the earlier innings, Mushfiq marked the same match with another historic achievement.
With 7,000 runs, Mushfiq moved past Bradman’s 6,996 and is now closing in on former England captain Andrew Strauss, who scored 7,037 Test runs.