Veteran Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim put up a stellar batting show to resurrect his staff’s innings within the ongoing first of the two-match Take a look at collection towards Sri Lanka, which began at present (June 17) in Galle.
The Bangla Tigers have been reeling at 45 for 3 when Mushfiqur together with staff skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto scripted a mammoth 247-run partnership to rebuild the innings.
Within the course of, Mushfiqur additionally notched up his twelfth Take a look at hundred which got here after an extended wait of 13 innings, his first since August final yr. His highest rating on this interval was a 40 towards Zimbabwe earlier this yr in April.
Apparently, Mushfiqur revealed that he took inspiration from a match 12 years in the past on the identical venue when he bought Bangladesh’s first double-hundred in Assessments, to supply his latest batting masterclass.
Talking after Day 1’s play, Mushfiqur Rahim mentioned, “I’ve seen how another Assessments right here had a whole lot of buy for spinners. We knew that one among us out of the seven batters needed to capitalise on the primary two days in Galle. If I’m not fallacious, myself and [Mohammad] Ashraful bhai batted the entire day right here in 2013. It was my plan this time too; I used to be telling Shanto that we have to bat the entire day.”
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Talking concerning the SL vs BAN 1st Take a look at, the guests put up 292 for 3 at Stumps Day 1, courtesy of the Rahim-Shanto fourth-wicket stand. Rahim remained unbeaten on 105* whereas Najmul Shanto ended the opening day on 136*.
Earlier, Lankan ambidextrous spinner Tharindu Rathnayake claimed two scalps whereas seamer Asitha Fernando bought one.
This collection marks the begins of the brand new World Take a look at Championship (WTC) cycle 2025-27 and each groups can be hoping to get off to a optimistic begin.
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