Most Test Runs against Bangladesh
| Player | Innings | Runs | High Score | Average | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 21 | 1816 | 319 | 95.57 | 7/7 |
| Brendan Taylor (ZIM) | 24 | 1239 | 171 | 61.95 | 5/4 |
| Dinesh Chandimal (SL) | 22 | 1159 | 138 | 64.38 | 5/6 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 17 | 1146 | 203* | 76.40 | 5/2 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) | 25 | 1141 | 244 | 47.54 | 3/6 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite (WI) | 27 | 1076 | 212 | 43.04 | 3/5 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 15 | 1008 | 168 | 72.00 | 4/4 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | 14 | 897 | 203* | 149.50 | 4/3 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (ZIM) | 20 | 883 | 158 | 46.47 | 3/4 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva (SL) | 18 | 879 | 173 | 51.70 | 4/2 |
| Kusal Mendis (SL) | 16 | 841 | 196 | 52.56 | 2/4 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 12 | 822 | 200* | 82.20 | 4/4 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 9 | 820 | 248* | 136.66 | 5/0 |
Key Insights on Leading Batting Performances and Run-Getters Against Bangladesh in Tests
Aggregate Runs and Milestone Scorers in Tests Against Bangladesh
Bangladesh played its first-ever Test match in November 2000 at Dhaka when it hosted India in a one-off match. As of now, the Asian team has featured in 156 Tests, winning 25 of them.
Bangladesh’s most frequent opponent in this format is Sri Lanka, whom they faced on 28 occasions, winning just once.
Expectedly, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara has scored the most Test runs against Bangladesh. The legendary batter hammered 1816 runs at an incredible average of 95.57 in 14 Tests (21 innings).
The next most prolific batter against Bangladesh in Tests has been Brendan Taylor. The former Zimbabwe skipper has piled up 1239 runs, having batted in 24 innings against them. Apart from them, five other batters have scored 1000 or more runs against this opposition, and four of them are Sri Lankans, with Kraigg Brathwaite being an exception.
Aside from the top 10, five other batters have made 750 or more Test runs versus Bangladesh, and they are: Kusal Mendis (841 runs in 10 Tests), Kane Williamson (822 runs in 8 Tests), Sachin Tendulkar (820 runs in 7 Tests), Tom Latham (785 runs in 8 Tests), and Angelo Mathews (767 runs in 11 Tests). There are 19 others
Most Centuries and Best Batting Averages Against Bangladesh
A total of 122 batters have scored a Test ton against Bangladesh, with Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara leading the tally with 7 hundred-plus scores.
4 other batters, namely, Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon Taylor, and Sachin Tendulkar, have all scored five Test centuries against the Asian nation, and 44 other batters have scored more than one Test century.
Likewise, Sangakkara has the most fifty-plus scores (14) in Test cricket versus Bangladesh, and Dinesh Chandimal (11) is the only other batter to score more than fifty-plus scores.
Among the 34 batters who have scored 500 or more Test runs against Bangladesh, Mohammad Yousuf’s average of 251.50 is the best. He had scored 503 runs against them in just 6 innings and is followed by Ian Bell, who has an average of 158.25 (633 runs in 7 innings). Shivnarine Chanderpaul (149.50), Sachin Tendulkar (136.66), and Marcus Trescothick (110.20) are the others to have an average of over 100 against Bangladesh.
Sangakkara’s 319 is the highest individual Test score, and this is the only triple century scored by a batter against Bangladesh. 25 other batters have scored a Test double against them.
The Sri Lankan legend’s 319 is also the highest Test score by a visiting batter in Bangladesh, and in the Test played at home, Ramnaresh Sarwan’s 261 at Kingston in 2004.
Batting Performance in Home vs Away Conditions and Match Results
Kumar Sangakkara has scored the most runs at a home venue against Bangladesh. Out of the 1816 runs, the left-hander had made 1033 runs in his home country, Sri Lanka, at an average of 114.77 in 11 innings.
9 others have accumulated 500 or more Test runs against this opposition at home, but none of them have gone past the 1000-run mark.
If we talk about centuries, then Sangakkara once again leads with 5 tons, followed by 7 others who scored three centuries each at their respective home.
In Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar (820) has the most Test runs by a visiting batter, and he has achieved that at an average of 136.66 in just 9 innings.
11 other visiting batters have scored 500 or more Test runs in Bangladesh, with Younis Khan (100.66) and Chanderpaul (103.80) being the others to have an average over 100.
Tendulkar has scored five tons in Bangladesh, which is the most, and is followed by Younis Khan, Dhananjaya de Silva, and Rahul Dravid, who have all scored 3 tons each.
In wins against Bangladesh in Test, Sangakkara again leads the run tally with an aggregate of 1145 runs in 13 games at an average of 76.33, and the only other batter to cross the 1000-run mark is his teammate, Mahela Jayawardene (1063).
Similarly, in the games that Bangladesh won, Brendon Taylor of Zimbabwe has the most runs. He has accumulated 680 runs in the 8 Tests that Zimbabwe lost against this opposition in Tests.
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