Meet Bangladesh's first cricketer to hit Test double ton, Mushfiqur Rahim

Galle (Sri Lanka), Mar 12: Mushfiqur Rahim on Monday become the first Bangladesh cricketer to score a double century in Test matches. Bangladesh had lost all the 12 Tests that it played in Sri Lanka so far, and this time it's heading for a draw - a first. Said the 24-year-old cricketer after making his landmark double ton: "I am feeling great. It was one of my dreams to score a Test hundred. I thought that if I got the chance to bat long and if I got a partner at the other end, I would like to score a big hundred.""Fortunately Ashraful batted well and also Nasir. So I had partners. We really needed it badly, because they scored huge and we needed to avoid the follow-on. That was our first target. Our second target was to make sure we cross their total, so we did that. Really happy with that batting performance. Tomorrow hopefully we will continue with the ball, so we'll see how it goes," he added. Mushfiqur was asked whether a draw will give his side a morale booster."Still it's a long way to say that. Tomorrow it's day five. Anything can happen. If we can manage to draw it will be a huge boost for us. As I said, it's our main target to play consistent cricket over the five days in a Test and we can take a lot of positives.""We didn't do well with the ball in the first innings, but on the second day we came back with the ball – although we didn't get many wickets. I thought that the wicket was very good to bat on. And we were saying that if someone gets set, they must carry on and get a big hundred. That we did, and we're very happy with that."Mushfiqur also applauded the performances of his former captain Ashraful, who made 190 runs. "Ashraful was under a lot of pressure coming after a long time and he played brilliantly. He's really a genius for Bangladesh cricket.""When Shakib is not here and Tamim is not playing, Ashraful came into the team and we had a lot of expectations on him, because he has always played well against Sri Lanka. He knows that, so he's probably a bit unfortunate that he didn't score a double hundred. Hopefully next time he can make it. We're really happy to see him make big runs.""We have made a lot of improvements. In the approach and the process, we did really well. We didn't play bad shots, during the whole two days. That's something we've really improved and that's what we're chatting about. Hopefully we will do the same thing in the second innings, if we have to."