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Bangladesh are currently in Pakistan for the two Test match series and the first match is currently underway where fans witnessed a flurry of centuries at Rawalpindi ground. Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan scored centuries in the first innings for Pakistan. While after this Mushfiqur Rahim created history by scoring a century. As soon as Rahim scored a century in Pakistan, he also became the first batter to do a big miracle for Bangladesh.
Rahim smashed a brilliant century
Pakistan declared the first innings with a score of 448 runs for the loss of six wickets. After this, Mushfiqur Rahim, who came to bat at number five for Bangladesh, hit the 11th century of his Test cricket career. A big record was added to his name. Rahim has now become the first batter from Bangladesh to hit a Test century at the oldest age.
Oldest Bangladeshi batter to score a century in Tests:-
37 years 104 days - Mushfiqur Rahim vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2024
35 years 330 days - Mushfiqur Rahim vs Ireland, Mirpur, 2023
35 years 153 days - Mahmudullah vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2021
35 years 14 days - Mushfiqur Rahim vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur, 2022
35 years 6 days - Mushfiqur Rahim vs Sri Lanka, Chittagong, 2022
Not only this, Rahim has now also become the third Bangladeshi batter to score a Test century in Pakistan.
119 - Javed Umar, Peshawar, 2003
108 - Habibul Bashar, Karachi, 2003
101* - Mushfiqur Rahim, Rawalpindi, 2024
Bangladesh crossed the 400 mark
Talking about the match, in response to Pakistan's score of 448 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh had made a strong counterattack and scored 402 runs for six wickets while writing this copy. For them, Rahim was at the crease with 108 runs and Mehdi Hasan Miraz with 23 runs.
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