Raqibul Hasan registers highest score by a Bangladeshi player in List A cricket

In the 2017 edition of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Bangladeshi batsman Raqibul Hasan registered the highest score in List A cricket. Playing for Mohammedan Sporting Club against Abahani Limited at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No. 4 Ground, Savar, Raqibul played a lone hand while chasing a mammoth total of 367. Besides him, Charith Asalanka was the only one to score fifty, while nobody else could even touch 30-run mark in the chase. Of the other nine, only three batters could go into double-figures while the rest could not even do that.

Raqibul’s blistering knock of 190 included 17 fours and 10 sixes. This is the joint 2nd-most sixes by a Bangladeshi in List A cricket. The record is 11 sixes by Mashrafe Mortaza in 2016. The other two Bangladeshi players to hit 10 sixes in a List A match are Ezaz Ahmed in 2014-15 and Anamul Haque in 2014-15. In terms of hitting most sixes in a List A match in Bangladesh soil, the record remains with Shane Watson for hitting 15 sixes in 2011.

Despite playing such a brilliant knock, Raqibul’s side ended on losing side and lost the match by 27 runs. Raqibul’s knock is both the highest by a Bangladeshi in List A cricket and by any batsman on Bangladesh soil. He went past Watson’s unbeaten 185. Moreover, 10 batsman have managed to score 150 or above on Bangladesh soil and only three of them were non-Bangladeshi player. Here is the list:

Highest individual score in List A cricket in Bangladesh
Score	Batsman	Team	Against	Season	Venue
190	Raqibul Hasan	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited	2017	BKSP 4, Savar
185*	Shane Watson (AUS)	Australia	Bangladesh	2010-11	Mirpur
183	Virat Kohli (IND)	India	Pakistan	2011-12	Mirpur
175	Virender Sehwag (IND)	India	Bangladesh	2010-11	Mirpur
157*	Ravi Bopara	Prime Bank CC	Mohammedan SC	2013-14	Fatullah
157	Tamim Iqbal	Mohammedan SC	Kala Bagan Krira Chakra	2017	BKSP 4, Savar
155*	Mehrab Hossain	Dhaka Division	Khulna Division	2006-07	Dhanmondi, Dhaka
152	Mominul Haque	Gazi Group	Prime Doleshwar SC	2017	BKSP 3, Savar
150*	Nafees Iqbal	Brothers Union	Prime Bank CC	2013-14	Rajshahi
150*	Anamul Haque	Kala Bagan CA	Legends of Rupganj	2014-15	Fatullah