Towhid Hridoy Hits Record 242 Not Out for Bangladesh Against West Indies

Towhid Hridoy scored an unbeaten 242 against West Indies in Sylhet, the highest individual Test score by a Bangladesh batter. The innings came in the second Test of the series and it carried Bangladesh from deep trouble to a first innings lead.

Hridoy faced 359 balls and hit 22 fours and 11 sixes. The 11 sixes are the most by a Bangladesh batter in a Test innings. He passed the previous national record of 219 not out, set by Mushfiqur Rahim against Zimbabwe in Mirpur in 2018.

A recovery from 184 for 7

Bangladesh had fallen to 184 for 7 in reply to the West Indies total of 356. Hridoy then added 202 runs with the last three wickets and took his side to 386 all out, a first innings lead of 30 runs. No other Bangladesh batter reached fifty. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 34, the next highest score in the innings.

Jomel Warrican took 4 for 104 for West Indies, but the bowling figures told only part of the story. One batter made 242 of his team's 386 runs, a share of 62.69 percent, the highest share by a Bangladesh batter in a completed Test innings.

213 runs in one day

Hridoy resumed on 29 not out on Saturday, November 7, and scored 213 runs in the day. That is the most runs in a single day by a Bangladesh batter, passing the 212 Shakib Al Hasan scored against New Zealand in Wellington in 2017.

The innings also brought him two places in the record books at once. He is the first Bangladesh batter to turn a maiden Test hundred into a double century, and only the fourth Bangladesh batter to score a Test double century, after Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Match still in progress

The Test is not over. On day four, Sunday, November 8, West Indies reached 128 for 2 at lunch in their second innings, leading by 98 runs, with Brandon King on 61. The result of the match will be settled later in the Test. Hridoy's record, though, is already complete, and it stands on its own whatever happens from here.