Summary The current Test is Bangladesh's 76th since their entry in 2000.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 11, 2013 (AFP) - Mushfiqur Rahim on Monday became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a Test double-century, achieving the feat in the opening match against Sri Lanka in Galle.
The 24-year-old skipper, who also keeps wickets, reached the landmark in the second over after lunch on the fourth day when he pushed seamer Nuwan Kulasekara for a single to the covers.
Rahim was leg-before to Kulasekara two balls later, but his 200 helped Bangladesh reach 550-6 in their first innings in reply to Sri Lanka s 570-4 declared.
He hit 22 boundaries and a six during his 321-ball innings.
Former captain Mohammad Ashraful fell for 190 in the morning session after adding a record 267 for the fifth wicket with Rahim, the highest stand by Bangladesh for any wicket in Tests.
Rahim, who made his Test debut aged 16 against England at Lord s in 2005, has so far scored 1,787 runs in 31 Tests with two hundreds and nine half-centuries.
The current Test is Bangladesh s 76th since their entry in 2000.
