Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim strikes me as the quiet backbone of Bangladeshi cricket. Serving the national side since 2005 as a wicketkeeper-batter, he holds the most Test runs and the highest Test average for his country, numbers that speak to two decades of steady, unglamorous excellence. In a sport crowded with flashier names, his achievement is one of endurance and reliability, carrying an emerging cricket nation on his shoulders. The detail that he also studied at Jahangirnagar University hints at a thoughtful player, not just an instinctive one. I have deep respect for athletes who anchor a whole country's hopes without ever needing the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Mushfiqur Rahim

Name (Japanese)

ムシュフィカー・ラヒム

Reading

むしゅふぃかー・らひむ

Born

May 9, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Bogura, Bogura District, Bangladesh

Occupation

cricketer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

University

Jahangirnagar University

• Xhttps://x.com/mushfiqur15
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushfiqur%20Rahim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%92%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3348174

Tags

• Bogura District
• cricketer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.