DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal became Bangladesh's highest Test run-scorer when he made seven runs on the fourth day against India, crossing Habibul Bashar's 3026 runs.

Tamim achieved the milestone against India on Saturday in the one-off Test match.

He broke the record more than eight years after Bashar ended his Test career.

In the third over, Tamim clipped Ishant Sharma towards fine leg for two off the eighth ball he faced to reach the milestone. There was no celebration from Tamim, nor was there any announcement at the ground.

Since the giant screen at the stadium also does not work, there remained very few people at the ground who knew about the landmark.

However, Bashar himself arrived in Fatullah earlier than usual to ensure he was there to witness his own record being broken, reports ESPNcricinfo

"I came to the ground early today hoping to see Tamim cross my record," said Bashar. "I told him before the Test match that I wanted to see him do it in this game. I didn't want to wait for too long.”

"It is good to see Tamim cross me. It was a long-standing record. I was the highest scorer for a long time actually. But I want Tamim to score at least 10000 runs. I always thought that it would be Shakib or Tamim who would take over my run-scoring record."

Bashar played 50 Tests during his eight-year Test career, scoring at an average of 30.87 with three hundreds and 24 fifties while  Tamim has 2039 Test runs in 40 matches having scored seven hundreds. 

Tamim hit his highest score 206 at home series against Pakistan in 2015.

When Bashar's career ended in early 2008, Tamim had only played three Tests and Bangladesh's Test batting line-up looked unsafe without their only consistent scorer at the time.

In 2011, Tamim was named one of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's four Cricketers of the Year. In October that year, he was also named Wisden's Test Player of the Year, ahead of Graeme Swann and Virender Sehwag, who came second and third respectively.

During the qualifying period for the award, Tamim scored 837 runs in seven Tests at an average of 59.78. It was just the second time a Bangladesh player had won the award, as Shakib Al Hasan was named the previous year.

BDST: 1602 HRS, JUN 13, 2015
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