Mominul joins 2,000 runs club in Test

Top order batsman Mominul Haque achieved another landmark as he joined 2,000 runs club in Test Cricket during the first innings of the Chittagong Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
He is the fastest Bangladeshi batsman to achieve the feat.
Mominul reached his 2,000th run in style by hitting Rangana Herath for a big six over long-off in the fifth ball of the 81st over when Sri Lanka took the second new ball. He required 160 runs before the start of the match to reach the 2,000-run landmark.
He took 26 Tests and 27 innings to reach the landmark since his debut in 2013.
Earlier, fellow teammate Tamim Iqbal had the record of fasted Bangladeshi to score 2,000 runs in 53 innings.
Former captain Habibul Bashar and Shakib Al Hasan played 58 innings each for 2,000 runs while former captain Mushfiqur Rahim took 67 innings to join the feat.
Southpaw batsman Mominul also has the record of fastest Bangladeshi batsman to 1,000 Test runs. He took just 21 innings in 11 Tests in one and half years.
Mominul is only the sixth Bangladeshi to cross 2,000 Test runs. Former Test captain Mohammad Ashraful took 91 innings to reach two thousand runs club in Test Cricket. Stand-in captain Mahmudullah Riyad (1,931 runs before the match) is also approaching towards 2,000 runs.
Fastest Bangladeshi to score 2,000 Test runs:
Mominul Haque 47 innings
Tamim Iqbal 53 innings
Habibul Bashar 58 innings
Shakib Al Hasan 58 innings
Mushfiqur Rahim 67 innings.