{"id":145763,"date":"2025-09-18T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145763\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:27:08","slug":"mushfiqur-set-for-landmark-100-test-caps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145763\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushfiqur set for landmark 100 Test caps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> MILESTONE  <\/p>\n<p>           <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cursor-pointer\" height=\"396\" width=\"595\" alt=\"Mushfiqur is the only Bangladeshi batter to have scored more than 6000 in the longest format\" title=\"Mushfiqur is the only Bangladeshi batter to have scored more than 6000 in the longest format\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mushfiqur-is-the-only-banglade.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Mushfiqur is the only Bangladeshi batter to have scored more than 6000 in the longest format \u00a9 Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> Bangladesh&#8217;s wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is all set to become the first Bangladeshi cricketer to reach the landmark of 100 Test appearances after Cricket Ireland agreed to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh, scheduled to start from November 10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> Initially the tourists were reluctant to play two Tests in Bangladesh and wanted to play a one-off Test but later changed their stance after discussions with the host board. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> &#8220;Initially, Ireland wanted to play only one Test but later changed their stance and both boards agreed that the two-Test series will would go ahead,&#8221; a BCB official confirmed to Cricbuzz on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> The opening Test will take place in Sylhet from November 10-14 while the landmark Test for Mushfiqur, who has currently played 98 Tests, is slated to be played in Dhaka from November 18-22. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> Mushfiqur, who made his Test debut as an 18-year-old at Lord&#8217;s in 2005, becoming the second-youngest to play a Test at the venue after Sachin Tendulkar, is the only Bangladeshi batter with more than 6,000 runs in the longest format, with a highest score of 219 not out against Zimbabwe in 2020 &#8211; still the country&#8217;s highest individual Test score. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> Following the two-match Test series, Bangladesh will take on Ireland in three T20Is. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"> The first two games of the series will be played in Chattogram on November 27 and 29 while the final game will be played in Dhaka on December 2. <\/p>\n<p> \u00a9 Cricbuzz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILESTONE Mushfiqur is the only Bangladeshi batter to have scored more than 6000 in the longest format \u00a9&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-145763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}