12 Test-playing nations and the highest individual score by their wicket-keepers in Tests

#3 Bangladesh - Mushfiqur Rahim - 200 vs Sri Lanka, Galle

Mushfiqur Rahim is the best wicket-keeper batsman to have played for Bangladesh

Mushfiqur Rahim has been the cornerstone of the Bangladeshi cricket team for a long time and he proved why he is considered the best wicket-keeper batsman to have played for his country in the Test match against Sri Lanka. In the 1st Test of the series played at Galle, Sri Lanka declared their innings after scoring a monumental 570 at the loss of just 4 wickets.

Avoiding an innings defeat seemed improbable for the Bangladeshi Tigers. But the visitors put on an epic fight as Mohammad Ashraful’s 190 and Nasser Hossain’s 100 pushed them towards the total. Mushfiqur Rahim provided huge support to both the batsmen as he kept on piling runs from the other end. He became the first Bangladeshi wicket-keeper to score a double century on foreign soil by scoring 200 off 321 balls before Nuwan Kulasekara dismissed him. Bangladesh ended their innings with a first innings lead of 68 runs.