Bangladesh Test Cricket Records: Three Batsmen with Most Double Centuries

A century is an output of 100 or more runs scored by a batsmen in a single innings of cricket. The term is also used in the phrase “century partnership,” which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to a team’s total while hitting the ball together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for batsmen, and the number of centuries a player has is frequently included under their career statistical evidence. A century is approximately comparable to a five-wicket haul for a bowler and is also known as a tonne or hundred. Scores of more than 200 runs are still considered a century, but they are referred to as double (200-299 runs), triple (300-399 runs), and quadruple (400-499 runs) centuries, respectively.

This article will look at three Bangladeshi batsmen who have the most double centuries in TEST cricket,

Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim, born 9 May 1987, is a former Bangladeshi cricket skipper and vice-captain. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper for Bangladesh Cricket. In March 2013, the naturally gifted wicketkeeper-batsman scored Bangladesh’s 1^st Test double-century against Sri Lanka in Galle. Mushfiqur Rahim, a Bangladesh stalwart, scored his 3^rd Test double-ton against Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib Al Hasan, born 24 March 1987, is a Bangladeshi cricket player who currently pilots the Bangladesh national squad in Tests and Twenty20 Internationals. In domestic cricket, he plays as an all-rounder for Barishal. Shakib accomplished to become the 3^rd Bangladesh cricketer to score a Test double century, having joined current team members Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim. He decided to break Tamim’s record for the highest Test score by a Bangladesh batsman with 206, and he was brushed aside just before stumps for 217 against New Zealand.

Tamim Iqbal

Tamim Iqbal Khan, popularly called as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer born on March 20, 1989. Tamim is well-known for his aggressive top-order batting aesthetic and is widely regarded as one of Bangladesh’s greatest batsmen of all time. Tamim Iqbal finished with 206, giving Bangladesh their first draw against Pakistan. Tamim’s 206 was the highest Test match score by a Bangladeshi batsman, and his collaboration with Imrul was the country’s first quadruple century alliance in the game’s lengthiest format.

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