Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushy climbs up rankings

Bangladesh's wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim climbed 13 steps up the ICC Test batting ranking ladder after becoming the first wicketkeeper to score two double centuries -- the last of which came in the second Test against Zimbabwe earlier this month.
Mushy practises perfection

When the team management announced on Monday night that the Bangladesh team would not have a full training session the following day, many guessed that one player would make the trek to the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
An innings of true merit

Three things are constant in life: death, taxes and a Bangladesh batsman being asked after a big innings whether it was the best of his career.
Mushfiqur thinking of 300 after double ton

Mushfiqur Rahim was the first Bangladesh batsman to reach the magic landmark of double hundred in Test cricket and after scoring another double hundred today, he believes that it is possible for a Bangladesh batsmen to score triple hundred in the coming years.
Pitch invasion causes security concerns in Sylhet Test

For the second time in the Sylhet Test, an intruder was able to escape the attention of security personals to make their way into the field of play and it has raised questions about the security measures that have been put in place at the Sylhet Cricket Stadium to ensure safety of the players. On the first day of the Test match, an young fan had entered the pitch and hugged Mushfiqur Rahim. Today an adolescent boy entered the pitch and while the first incident was seen lightly, the fact that it has happened again has put into contention whether the measures are inadequate.
Mushfiqur to play for Chittagong Vikings in upcoming BPL

Bangladesh’s wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will play for Chittagong Vikings in the upcoming season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Tigers' injury rundown

There are some good news and some bad news in the long list of injured cricketers in the Bangladesh camp. To make things worse, the list now contains four among the five seniors of the Bangladesh team, with Mahmudullah Riyad being the only exception.
Beating India is not impossible: Mushfiqur

Before the start of the tournament Bangladesh players had been saying that their target was to win the Asia Cup with captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza getting the players and telling them during session that the team was not going to the UAE just to make up the numbers.
‘Playing Pakistan is just another match’

Even as everyone who witnessed the match were saying that beating Pakistan with the odds firmly stacked against Bangladesh was one of the country’s better cricketing achievements, player-of-the-match Mushfiqur Rahim insists that it was just another match for them.
‘The win matters, not the ton’

While it may seem that being the first Bangladesh player to suffer the misfortune of getting out on 99 in international cricket would disappoint a player who strives endlessly for personal excellence, Mushfiqur Rahim is not bothered with the near-miss after Bangladesh won the Asia Cup match against Pakistan by 37 runs
When at war, kill or be killed: Mushfiqur

Bangladesh draw on wartime philosophy to overcome the potentially crippling losses of Shakib Al hasan and Tamim Iqbal to emerge victorious over Pakistan in the Asia Cup
Mushfiqur keeps Tigers afloat

The Bangladesh innings of 239 all out against Pakistan yesterday, leaving overs unused for the fourth time in five matches of the
Batting in limbo sans Tamim

It is a telling statistic that even in Bangladesh's flying start to the Asia Cup on September 15, when Mushfiqur Rahim's sublime 144 authored a 137-run hammering of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh left three balls unused in their total of 261.
‘Tamim walking out to bat boosted me’

Mushfiqur Rahim was stranded at 112 unbeaten when Mustafizur Rahim fell to a rather silly run out. Mushfiqur’s face fell, knowing that it was the last wicket since Tamim Iqbal had already gone off the field with a fractured hand.
[Watch] Mushy giving an earful to Rubel Hossain

The incident occurred during the 42nd over of the Bangladesh innings. Rubel Hossain was facing up to Sri Lanka’s star performer Lasith Malinga, who was looking for his fifth wicket of the match.
Heroes who batted with debilitating injuries

After Tamim Iqbal’s heroics last night against Sri Lanka, we look back at instances where cricketers risked further injury and put their bodies on the line for their nation. Tamim might have faced only four deliveries overall but his sheer bravery put the wind right back on Bangladesh’s sails
Mushfiqur’s 144 one of Bangladesh’s best: Mashrafe

Mushfiqur Rahim, during a career-best knock of 144 -- 32 of which were scored off 15 balls after Tamim’s unexpected appearance -- proved once again why he is the best all-round batsman Bangladesh have.
A gift of hope from a show of character

Last man Mustafizur Rahman had a brain freeze with 3.1 overs still left and the job, despite Mushfiqur Rahim's stellar unbeaten ton, nowhere near done.
Guts deliver Tigers glory

That Bangladesh won the opening match of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka yesterday by a crushing 137-run margin at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium does not even begin to tell the story. Mushfiqur Rahim scoring a career-best 144 off 150 balls to lift Bangladesh to 261 after Bangladesh were reduced to one run for two wickets by the end of the first over by danger man Lasith Malinga reveals a bit more, but still not the full picture.
Mushy set to play today despite injury scare

Ahead of their Asia Cup opener against Sri Lanka today in Dubai, Bangladesh got a minor scare as wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim experienced pain in his ribs, but team manager Khaled Mahmud says he will be okay to play.
Tamim, Mushfiqur to play in Afghanistan Premier League

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim will feature for Nangarhar in the inaugural Afghanistan Premier League, scheduled to begin from October 5.
Mushfiqur sees Afghanistan series as quite a challenge

Bangladesh are amongst the flow of T20I cricket and the Tigers are savouring the chance to further hone their experience in the shortest form of the game when they come up against an Afghanistan side rich in talent and fast gaining reputation as a strong side.
Football claims Mushy too?

Mushfiqur Rahim joined the long list of injured national players and, according to sources close to the action, the second in as many
Mushfiqur out with ankle strain

Mushfiqur Rahim is the latest to join a long list of injured national players as the wicketkeeper-batsman is likely to be out of action for a considerable period after suffering an ankle strain.
A burning desire forged in Bangalore

Mushfiqur Rahim faced intense criticism for his premature celebration during the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 game against India in
'We needed that belief'

Mushfiqur Rahim played a remarkable innings under pressure against Sri Lanka to give the Tigers a vital victory against Sri Lanka in the last match and he reiterated that Tigers needed this win badly in order to break the chain of defeats and get back some confidence and belief.
Mushy's template for excellence

There was a priceless moment during a priceless innings by Mushfiqur Rahim on Saturday. It came after he had hit the boundary -- an end-of-range, one-kneed scythe over backward point to a wide yorker that defied belief because of the hand-eye coordination and
Liton out of words to describe Mushy’s innings

Liton Das’s 19-ball 43 had given Tigers the impetus to chase down what had looked like an unassailable score posted by Sri Lanka but the right-hander, who was promoted up the order to put the Lankans under pressure from the word go was in awe of Mushfiqur Rahim’s innings and he suggests that he does not quite have the words to describe the match-winning knock.
Masterful Mushfiqur

"I dedicate this knock to my son; he's just 35 days old," Mushfiqur said at the presentation ceremony after his stupendous unbeaten 72-
Mushfiqur leads Tigers to thrilling win

Mushfiqur Rahim leads Bangladesh to a record chase as they overcome Sri Lanka's total of 214 with two balls and a wicket to spare in their tri-nation T20I Nidahas Trophy match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.