Mushfiqur Rahim first player from the Bangladesh team to complete 5000 test runs. He took the same number of inns as Ian Botham (149)
Gavaskar, Sobers, Richards and Hayden completed a 5k runs tally in 95 inns each.
Bradman is fastest to 5k followed by Hobbs
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Only five players have taken more inns than Mushfiqur to complete 5000 test runs for a team
183: MV Boucher
176: N Kapil Dev
157: CL Hooper
153: A Ranatunga
150: N Hussain
Only three players have taken more days to complete 5000 test runs for a team
7737 : JB Hobbs
6738 : A Ranatunga
6522 : DCS Compton
Hobbs and Compton lost some of the years due to first and second world war respectively
Only like to like comparison is Ranatunga
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Since Rahim’s debut, England has played 216 tests while Bangladesh only 95
That is on an avg Bangladesh played 5.6 tests per year as compared to England’s 12.7
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Alastair Cook who retired in 2018 played 161 tests in that era i.e; only England, Australia and India played more tests than Cook.
Rahim till now has played half the number of tests as that Cook