Bangladesh are currently taking on Sri Lanka in the first Test of the two-match Test Series at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. Batting first, Bangladesh have been in brilliant form as they are looking to put a score well in excess of 600 in the first innings. Star wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim was essential in Bangladesh scoring this amount of runs, as he has smashed his 12 Test Century. He managed to break a massive world record with this innings.

Mushfiqur Rahim scored 163 in 350 deliveries. He now has 15,502 runs in international cricket without bowling a single delivery. He overtook the world record of Adam Gilchrist, who had scored 15,461 runs in his international career across all formats.

Here are the players with the most number of international runs without bowling a single delivery.

Player	Runs	Country
Mushfiqur Rahim	15,502	Bangladesh
Adam Gilchrist	15,461	Australia
Quinton de Kock	12,654	South Africa
Jos Buttler	11,881	England
Jonny Bairstow	11,581	England

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Mushfiqur Rahim at 38 years and 39 days of age, became the oldest non-opener to score a century in Test Cricket. He broke the record of Pakistan legend Younis Khan, who scored a century against Sri Lanka in 2015 at 37 years and 216 days old.

Here are the oldest non-openers to score a century in Test Cricket history:

Player	Age	Team	Opponent	Venue	Year
Mushfiqur Rahim	38 Years, 39 Days	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Galle	2025
Younis Khan	37 Years, 216 Days	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	2015
Sachin Tendulkar	37 Years, 93 days	India	Sri Lanka	Colombo	2010
Mahela Jayawardene	37 Years, 58 Days	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Colombo	2014
Allan Border	37 Years, 43 Days	Australia	Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	1992

Mushfiqur Rahim also surpassed Mohammad Ashraful to become the Bangladesh player with the most runs on Sri Lankan soil in the longest format of the game.

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