India are currently taking on Bangladesh in the first of the two-match series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. One of the biggest threats for India in the Bangladesh side was none other than experienced wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim. Even though he could not scored a vast amount of runs in the match, Mushfiqur Rahim has managed to create history to go top of a prestigious list that established him as an all-time great.
Mushfiqur Rahim Becomes All-Time Leading Run-Scorer For Bangladesh
Mushfiqur Rahim has scored just 21 runs across the two innings in the first Test against India. He now has 15, 205 runs in international cricket. He is now the player to score the most runs for Bangladesh across all formats in international cricket surpassing former opener Tamim Iqbal, who had a tally of 15,192 runs across all formats of the game.
Here are the players with the most international runs for Bangladesh:
Mushfiqur Rahim – 15,205 runs
Tamim Iqbal – 15,192 runs
Shakib Al Hasan – 14,701* runs
Mahmudullah – 10,694 runs
Liton Das – 7183 runs
India On Course For Victory In 1st Test vs Bangladesh
It was Bangladesh who won the toss and decided to bowl first as the match. India were reduced to 144/6 on Day 1, with only Yashasvi Jaiswal showing some resistance with a half-century. It was then the Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja show as the duo put on 199 runs for the 7th wicket. Jadeja got out on 86, but Ashwin went on to slam 113, his 6th Test century. India were all out for 376 in the first innings.
The Indian bowlers have breathed fire in the second innings as Bangladesh were bundled out for 149. Jasprit Bumrah has led the charge with 4 wickets, while Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj scalped two wickets each.
On Day 3, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored twin centuries, as India declared at 287/4. They thus took a lead of 514 runs, and Bangladesh now need to score 515 to win.
Bangladesh have scored 177/4 at the end of 46 overs with captain Najmul Hasan Shanto scoring an all-important century.