Mustakim, the student of Cambrian School and College, created history on Tuesday by playing an innings of 404* runs in a recognized cricket tournament. No Bangladeshi batsman has a record of playing an innings of 400 runs in any level or format earlier.
He created the record in ODI cricket against St. Gregory's School and College. This Cambrian School and College batsman opened the innings and remained unbeaten on 403 runs. He scored 50 fours and 22 sixes in his 170-ball innings. He batted for 4 hours and 20 minutes.
On the day of Mustakim's record of 400 runs, team captain Swad Parvez scored a double century. Parvez remained unbeaten on 256 runs with 32 fours and 13 sixes. Cambrian scored a mountain of 770 runs for the loss of 2 wickets on their day of their batting ‘massacre.’
Chasing the target, St. Gregory's were all out for 32 runs. The last batter, Apurba Baroi, scored the highest unbeaten 10 runs for the team. All 7 of the total batters were dismissed without scoring. Captain Parvez took 4 wickets, while Hasan Hridoy's 6 wickets. Cambrian won by 738 runs.
The previous highest individual innings in domestic cricket was 334 runs. Tamim Iqbal set the record in Mirpur. Tamim, who played for Islami Bank Purbanchal, set the record in a first-class match against Walton Madhyanchal in 2020. He hit 42 fours and 3 sixes in his 426-ball innings. Before Tamim, Rakibul Hasan was the first batsman to score a triple century. He played an innings of 313 runs against Sylhet Division in 2007 for Barisal Division.
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