Asia Cup 2018: Mushfiqur surpasses Sangakkara, Dhoni to set a new record

Bangladesh is scheduled to play their next match against Afghanistan on September 20 in Abu Dhabi

Mushfiqur has equalled the record of Younis Khan who scored 144 against Hong Kong in 2004

He now owns the record of most runs scored by a wicketkeeper-batsman in Asia Cup

He has surpassed Kumara Sangakkara’s score of 121 which he slammed against Bangladesh in 2008 in Karachi

With this terrific knock, Mushfiqur has set a new Asia Cup record

The third on this list is India’s MS Dhoni whose highest score in this tournament is 109

The score of 144 is also the second highest score got by any batsman Asia Cup

Virat Kohli, who played his best ODI innings of 183 runs against Pakistan in 2012, tops the list

In the Asia Cup 2018 opener, Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim scored a magnificent hundred to power his team to a 137-run victory against Sri Lanka

After an unfortunate downfall of the top-order, Mushiqur played a heroic innings before losing his wicket

The 31-year-old cricketer scored 144 runs off 150 deliveries including 4 sixes and 11 boundaries