Who is the best Bangladeshi test batsman of all time?

[shuridh]

Who is the best Bangladeshi test batsman of all time?
In my opinion the candidates are
Shakib
Tamim
Mushy
Momin
Habibul

[MHRAM]

Tamim for me

Has a double century, several hundreds a few of them away from Bangladesh. He is comfortable against spin and swing. Looks really elegant on the eye. Only issue is not using soft hands too often

[aklemalp]

Going by average. ...

Shakib

[bujhee kom]

Mushfiqur Rahim

[tiger1000]

Originally Posted by MHRAM
Tamim for me

Has a double century, several hundreds a few of them away from Bangladesh. He is comfortable against spin and swing. Looks really elegant on the eye. Only issue is not using soft hands too often

Yep

Tamim by far and away

He's an opener and he's getting better and getting into his prime now

[tiger1000]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Going by average. ...

Shakib

I think you'll find that's mominul

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by tiger1000
I think you'll find that's mominul

I might add playing for more than 5 years

[MHRAM]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Going by average. ...

Shakib

Tamim is marginally behind and has to see off new ball.

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[SportingBD]

Mushfiqur Rahim.

His started to put up the numbers in Test.

[shuridh]

For me it is Tamim, but I also think Shakib also not so behind. He was averaging around 50 for last couple of years.
I am conflited about third place. Mushy or Momin are tied for now but current form is giving Mushy an edge.

[aklemalp]

Mominul has been a little under ordinary in the last few matches, posing the question: has he lost his mojo?

[shuridh]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Mominul has been a little under ordinary in the last few matches, posing the question: has he lost his mojo?

I agree with you.

[Rifat]

Mominul "Bradman" Haque followed by Shakib al "Awesome" Hasan and then Tamim the "Murderer" Iqbal, lastly Mushfiqur "Emotional" Rahim.

It has to be one of these four.
Habibul "the Basher" Bashar deserves honorary mention.

[shuridh]

From January 2015 in test

Shakib scored 950 runs averaging 50.00, 2 hundreds 4 fifties, S/R 66.15.
Tamim scored 934 runs averaging 44.47, 2 hundreds 5 fifties S/R 57.94.
Mushy scored 754 runs averaging 44.35, 2 hundreds 3 fifties, S/R 48.77.
Momin scored 490 runs averaging 28.82, 4 fifties, S/R 51.52.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...s;type=batting

[tiger1000]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
I might add playing for more than 5 years

I was more pointing out average doesn't show all the story

Tamim is world class and can bat in any condition and is reliable, whereas Shakib is a world class all rounder, he's a reliable performer in the match, but he doesn't always deliver with the bat

I still have him second

Bashar could have been up there, but he was put at 3 and his style suited the middle order not top, further he was a reflex player who played most of his career in his 30s, reflex players are in the peaks in their 20's

I certainly think if all things are considered tamim and shakib have to be the ones fighting it out for top spot, mushfiq has been a massive underachiever for most of his career, he should be averaging mid 40's with his talent

[shuridh]

Originally Posted by tiger1000
I was more pointing out average doesn't show all the story

Tamim is world class and can bat in any condition and is reliable, whereas Shakib is a world class all rounder, he's a reliable performer in the match, but he doesn't always deliver with the bat

I still have him second

Bashar could have been up there, but he was put at 3 and his style suited the middle order not top, further he was a reflex player who played most of his career in his 30s, reflex players are in the peaks in their 20's

I certainly think if all things are considered tamim and shakib have to be the ones fighting it out for top spot, mushfiq has been a massive underachiever for most of his career, he should be averaging mid 40's with his talent

Mushy was averaging around 17-18 in first couple of years of his career and that is bringing his overall average down.
He is averaging around 45 from 2015-17 though.

[Fazal]

Tamim.

However the bar is still pretty low. New breed of players will break the record pretty soon.

[NoName]

Got a soft spot for Bashar but I'd say Tamim

[aklemalp]

Does javed Omar gets a special mention or not?

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Does javed Omar gets a special mention or not?

Not him.... may be Bashar from past.

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Not him.... may be Bashar from past.

He's up there though. Probably in top 20

[Gowza]

Bashar might still be top 5. I've got tamim, mushy, shakib, mominul and then possibly habibul...the first 3 in no order but probably either tamim or mushy as number 1.

[tiger1000]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
He's up there though. Probably in top 20

Subjectively speaking, no, no he's not, omar that is

[Gowza]

Pretty much everyone who came after javed has been better than him.

[Shadow]

I will go with Tamim. He is good both with the pace and the spin. He is also the leading run scorer at this moment in tests.