Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim Breaks Younis Khan’s Test Record
Galle:
Bangladesh’s seasoned batter Mushfiqur Rahim has broken the Test record previously held by Pakistan’s former captain Younis Khan.
During the ongoing first Test match against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium, Mushfiqur Rahim scored his 12th Test century, setting a new milestone.
With this century, Rahim has become the oldest non-opener to score a Test century on Sri Lankan soil, surpassing Younis Khan’s record. Younis had scored a Test century at the age of 37 years and 216 days in Sri Lanka in 2015 against the host team. Mushfiqur, however, achieved his century at the age of 38 years and 39 days.
At the end of day two in the Galle Test, Bangladesh posted 484 runs for the loss of 9 wickets against the hosts.
- Mushfiqur Rahim played a brilliant innings of 163 runs
- Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 148 runs
- Liton Das contributed 90 runs to the team’s total.
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