Mushfiq hits ton too, makes record
Mushfiqur Rahim plays a shot as Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed looks on during the first One Day International cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: AFP
The ever dependable Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim steamrolled a century against Pakistan in the first match of the home series at Mirpur today.
His century made a new record for Bangladesh – to have an ODI match where two batsmen struck hundreds – after Tamim Iqbal's fifth international ton.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mushfiq's hundred came at a swift pace in just 69 balls with a strike rate of 147 – contributed with 13 boundaries and two big sixes.
This was his third century in ODI cricket and first against Pakistan. He ended up with 106 from 77 balls.
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