One of Bangladesh's key middle-order batsman, Mushfiqur Rahim is a live wire behind the stumps and since making his debut in Test cricket at the tender age of 16 at Lord's, the youngest ever, Rahim has been an integral part of the senior team. His consistent performances saw him as the first choice wicketkeeper in the 2007 World Cup in West Indies. He was awarded with a spot in the Test squad against Sri Lanka, where he hammered 80 runs in just his third Test. His contributions have been immense to Bangladesh and his moment of fame came when he smashed a quick ton against India in 2010, the fastest by any Bangladesh player. He was named captain in the 2012 Asia Cup and led Bangladesh to their maiden finals, but lost to Pakistan. He later on became the first Bangladesh player to smash a double hundred in Test cricket against Sri Lanka. He has played 63 Tests, 195 ODIs and 74 T20Is for Bangladesh, in which he has smashed five tons in Tests and 6 in ODIs. He also led Bangladesh to the World T20 finals, but were disappointed by India despite being close.
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has prepared four venues for the first phase of practice session by following all the necessary safety protocols, according to a BCB statement.
The BCB Chief Executive said that the board will follow the ICC guidelines regarding the resumption of team training.
Rahim had earlier placed his name for the IPL 2020 auction and was even party of the final 338-man list. He had kept his base price as INR 75 lakhs, but went unsold.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi bought Mushfiqur Rahim's bat for USD 20,000, which was put up for auction to raise funds for coronavirus relief.
Mushfiqur Rahim has decided to auction his bat, with which he scored a double hundred against Sri Lanka in 2013.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said that wicketkeeper and star batsman Mushfiqur Rahim should go to Pakistan for the one-off ODI and second Test in Karachi in April
Mushfiqur Rahim scored a double century in Bangladesh's innings and 106-run win over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test.
The right-arm off-break bowler was well supported by Taijul Islam who returned figures of 4/78 as the visitors were all out for 189 in 57.3 overs in their second innings on Day 4 of the Test match.
Rahim registered his third Test double century on Monday and now has scored 4,413 runs in 70 Tests, which include seven hundreds and 21 half-centuries.
With his double century, Rahim became the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh in Test cricket with 4,412 runs, seven more than Tamim Iqbal's tally of 4,405 runs.
Mushfiqur Rahim had opted out of Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan citing security concerns.
"Salute you tigers," Mushfiqur posted on Instagram with a photo of his standing in front of a giant banner at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh still trail India by 89 runs with four wickets in hand. Taijul Islam (11) was removed off the last ball of the day by Umesh Yadav (2/40).
Captain Rohit Sharma slammed 85 runs as India chased down the moderate target of 154 in just 15.4 overs to level three-match series 1-1.
Last Sunday, Mushfiqur scored an unbeaten 60 and helped Bangladesh register their first-ever T20I win over India.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten 60 on Sunday in the first T20I match against India to help Bangladesh script their maiden win in the format against the Men in Blue.
Mushfiqur Rahim remained unbeaten on 60 as Bangladesh registered a comprehensive 7-wicket victory over India in the first T20I of the three-match series.
Mushfiqur Rahim got emotional after his long-time friend Shakib Al Hasan was banned by the ICC for not reporting corrupt approaches on three instances by bookies.
Mushfiqur Rahim, 32, said that he is getting a bit overloaded with all the cricket and now wants to just focus on his batting and not keep anymore.
A win for India will seal their semi-finals berth and knock Bangladesh out of the tournament while a loss for the Men in Blue will mean they have to beat Sri Lanka in their last game to be certain of a last-four spot.
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