Mushfiqur Rahim smashed a century towards Ireland within the 2nd ODI on Monday. With his century, Rahim surpassed Shakib Al Hasan to rating the fastest century for Bangladesh. Rahim reached the feat in simply 60 balls. His knock included 14 fours and two sixes at a strike fee of 166.66. He reached the landmark off the ultimate ball of Bangladesh’s innings within the 2nd ODI in Sylhet. The star batter left behind Shakib Al Hasan, who had smashed a ton in 63 balls towards Zimbabwe in 2009.
Fastest ODI centuries for Bangladesh:
- 60 – Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh vs Ireland, 2023)
- 63 -Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 2009)
- 68 – Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 2009)
- 69 – Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 2015)
Rahim’s century got here after being put in to bat within the thirty fourth over of the innings. The wicketkeeper-batsman remained unbeaten on 100 runs. Along with this, Rahim additionally accomplished 7000 ODI runs. He has turn into the third batsman from Bangladesh after Shakib and Tamim Iqbal to achieve this. Rahim now has 9 ODI centuries to his title. However, rain pressured the second ODI to be known as off.
“Mushfiqur has been in good touch and, even in the last game, his 40-plus knock helped us to a 300-plus total,” his teammate Litton Das mentioned.
“He was at his best. I have never seen any Bangladeshi batter scoring a century, coming after 30 overs. It was a great treat for the eyes.”
In 2015, South Africa’s legendary batsman AB de Villiers hit the fastest century within the historical past of ODI cricket. He scored the hundred off simply 31 balls. Even after 8 years, no participant may attain close to this file of ABD.
Also Read:
