BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim hit his career fourth Test hundred against New Zealand on the second day of the first Test of the two-match series in Wellington on Friday.
The diminutive batsman led from the front to play classy knock of 159 runs from 260 balls that studded 23 boundaries and one over boundary before he was caught behind by wicket keeper Watling off medium pacer Trent Boult’s delivery.
He also pairing with Shakib Al Hasan to establish the highest fifth-wicket stand partnership of 359 runs for Bangladesh and enabled his side to take control on the match.
Mushfiq’s Test hundred at a glance:
Run opposition venue Year
101 India Chittagong 2010
200 Sri Lanka Galle 2013
116 West Indies Kingstown 2014
159 New Zealand Wellington 2017
Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim hit his career fourth Test hundred against New Zealand on the second day of the first Test of the two-match series in Wellington on Friday.
The diminutive batsman led from the front to play classy knock of 159 runs from 260 balls that studded 23 boundaries and one over boundary before he was caught behind by wicket keeper Watling off medium pacer Trent Boult’s delivery.
He also pairing with Shakib Al Hasan to establish the highest fifth-wicket stand partnership of 359 runs for Bangladesh and enabled his side to take control on the match.
Mushfiq’s Test hundred at a glance:
Run opposition venue Year
101 India Chittagong 2010
200 Sri Lanka Galle 2013
116 West Indies Kingstown 2014
159 New Zealand Wellington 2017
