Mominul Haque Turns 35 Today: Bangladesh’s Quiet Giant of Test Cricket

Bangladesh cricket has produced louder stars.

Players whose sixes filled highlight reels.

All-rounders who dominated multiple formats.

Captains whose personalities became inseparable from the national team.

Mominul Haque built his reputation differently.

Leave outside off stump.

Get behind the ball.

Punish anything too full.

Work the spinner through the gaps.

Stay.

Then stay a little longer.

For more than a decade, the diminutive left-hander from Cox's Bazar has quietly accumulated one of the greatest Test batting records Bangladesh has ever produced.

Mominul Haque celebrates his 35th birthday today, September 29, 2026.

And he reaches the milestone in a remarkable position in Bangladesh cricket history.

After Bangladesh's 2026 Test tour of Australia, Mominul has 5,219 Test runs from 80 matches, with 13 centuries and 28 half-centuries. Only Mushfiqur Rahim has scored more Test runs or centuries for Bangladesh. Mominul's career average stands at 37.81, with a highest score of 181.

That means the birthday message is more than nostalgia.

Mominul is still playing.

Still batting at the heart of Bangladesh's Test order.

And in 2026, he achieved something that had taken more than 13 years of patient accumulation:

he moved past Tamim Iqbal to become Bangladesh's second-highest Test run-scorer of all time.

For a player whose international reputation was never built around glamour, it feels strangely appropriate.

Mominul simply kept scoring until history had no choice but to notice.

Happy 35th Birthday, Mominul Haque

Mominul Haque was born on September 29, 1991, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

He is a left-handed batter who also bowls occasional slow left-arm orthodox spin. The ICC lists his date of birth as September 29, 1991, while cricket profiles record Cox's Bazar as his birthplace.

His international career began in limited-overs cricket in late 2012.

But very quickly, it became obvious where Mominul's game truly belonged.

Test cricket.

He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Galle in March 2013.

Within months, Bangladesh had found something it had spent years searching for:

a technically compact top-order batter who seemed genuinely comfortable occupying the crease for long periods.

And in October 2013, against New Zealand, Mominul announced himself properly.

The 181 That Changed Everything

Bangladesh faced New Zealand in Chattogram in October 2013.

Mominul was still only 22.

He had played just a handful of Tests.

Then he produced 181.

It remains the highest score of his Test career.

The innings was notable not simply because of the number.

It was the control.

The patience.

The confidence with which a young Bangladeshi batter handled an international attack while his team attempted to respond to New Zealand's first-innings total.

Contemporary reporting described it as one of the finest Test innings played by a Bangladeshi batter to that point.

For Mominul, it was his first Test century.

It would not take long to get another.

He Followed 181 With 126 Not Out

The second Test of the series moved to Dhaka.

Bangladesh found themselves trailing by 155 runs after New Zealand made 437.

Once again, Mominul became central to the response.

He finished unbeaten on 126 in Bangladesh's second innings as rain eventually helped produce another draw.

Across the two-match series, Mominul amassed 376 runs.

He was named Player of the Series.

At the time, those 376 runs were the most ever scored by a Bangladeshi batter in a two-Test series.

Think about how quickly that happened.

Mominul had barely entered Test cricket.

Then, in one series, he made:

22 not out.

126 not out.

Bangladesh had discovered a genuine Test specialist.

For a While, Mominul Was Producing Numbers Beside the Greats

What followed was one of the most remarkable consistency streaks in his career.

Between 2013 and 2015, Mominul registered a score of at least 50 in 11 consecutive Test matches.

That placed him alongside extraordinary names.

Viv Richards.

Virender Sehwag.

Gautam Gambhir.

All had also managed 50-plus scores in 11 consecutive Tests.

Only AB de Villiers had gone further at the time, reaching 12.

Joe Root later also reached 12, which remains the recognized record. Guinness World Records still lists Mominul among the batters who achieved the 11-Test sequence.

For a young Bangladesh batter, simply appearing on the same statistical list as those players was extraordinary.

Mominul himself seemed less impressed.

When reporters asked him about chasing de Villiers' record, he played down the comparison and essentially pointed out that de Villiers belonged to an entirely different level across formats.

That response was very Mominul.

The statistics could be dramatic.

The man rarely was.

Mominul Never Needed to Look Like a Superstar

There is something distinctive about Mominul's batting.

He is not physically imposing.

He is not a six-hitting destroyer.

He never built his reputation around intimidation.

Instead, his game has traditionally relied on:

balance,

late contact,

quick footwork against spin,

strong square-of-the-wicket scoring,

patience,

and the ability to remain compact for long periods.

At his best, bowlers can feel as though they are not necessarily being attacked.

They are simply being slowly exhausted.

That is a very Test-cricket way to dominate.

The ICC once described him as an awkward batter to bowl to because of how deep he stays in his crease, forcing bowlers to adjust their lengths while playing directly into his strengths against spin.

Mominul's greatness has often existed in accumulation rather than spectacle.

Chattogram Became His Personal Batting Ground

Some batters develop an almost mysterious connection with a particular venue.

For Mominul, that venue became Chattogram.

The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium has been the setting for several of his greatest performances.

His maiden 181 came there.

His century against Sri Lanka in 2014 came there.

His unbeaten 131 against Zimbabwe came there.

And then came the match in 2018 that may still be the purest expression of Mominul Haque the Test batter.

Sri Lanka arrived.

Mominul scored 176 in the first innings.

Then Bangladesh needed him again.

So he scored another century.

176 and 105: The Match That Put Him in Bangladesh History

The first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram in early 2018 became a run-scoring marathon.

Bangladesh made 513.

Sri Lanka responded with 713 for nine declared.

That left Bangladesh facing considerable pressure.

A collapse on the final day could still have produced defeat.

Mominul had already made 176 in the first innings.

He walked back out and made 105 in the second.

Bangladesh saved the Test.

In doing so, Mominul became the first Bangladesh batter ever to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.

His aggregate for the match was:

281 runs.

That remains Bangladesh's record for the most runs scored by an individual across both innings of a Test.

The two centuries also demonstrated something important about his character.

The first hundred was big.

The second was arguably more valuable.

Mominul himself said afterward that he rated the second century higher because it helped Bangladesh save the match.

That tells you almost everything about his approach.

The scoreboard mattered.

The match situation mattered more.

He Also Became Bangladesh’s Fastest to 2,000 Test Runs

During that same Sri Lanka Test, Mominul passed 2,000 Test runs.

He reached the milestone faster than any Bangladesh batter before him.

The achievement was another reminder of how productive the early part of his career had been.

By that stage, Mominul had already become something unusual in Bangladesh cricket.

Not an all-format celebrity.

Not primarily a limited-overs player who happened to play Tests.

A genuine red-ball specialist.

And while modern international cricket increasingly rewards players who can move seamlessly between formats, Mominul built an identity around the oldest one.

White-Ball Cricket Never Became His Main Stage

Mominul did play ODIs and T20 internationals.

He scored three ODI fifties.

He participated in the 2015 World Cup.

But limited-overs cricket never became the foundation of his international career.

His final ODI came in 2018.

His T20I career had effectively ended years earlier.

Meanwhile, the Test career continued.

And continued.

And continued.

That distinction has probably affected how internationally famous he became.

Bangladesh stars such as Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mashrafe Mortaza built enormous profiles through World Cups, bilateral white-ball series and franchise competitions.

Mominul's best work required something less fashionable:

five days.

A red ball.

A field full of slips.

Time.

By 2021, He Owned Bangladesh's Test Century Record

In February 2021, Mominul reached another major milestone.

Against West Indies in Chattogram, he scored his 10th Test century.

That moved him beyond Tamim Iqbal's nine and made Mominul the outright record-holder for the most Test hundreds by a Bangladeshi batter at the time.

The ICC described it as an historic moment.

At that stage his record stood at:

41 Tests.

3,001 runs.

10 centuries.

An average above 41.

For years afterward, Mominul remained Bangladesh's leading Test century-maker.

Eventually another great Test career caught him.

Mushfiqur Rahim scored his 14th Test hundred against Pakistan in May 2026, passing Mominul's 13 to take the national record.

So as Mominul turns 35, the ranking now reads:

Mushfiqur Rahim — 14 Test hundreds

Mominul Haque — 13 Test hundreds

And that makes Mominul second in Bangladesh history.

His First Ten Test Centuries All Came at Home

For all Mominul's excellence, one criticism followed him for years.

His centuries kept coming in Bangladesh.

Home conditions suited him.

The familiar pitches rewarded his strengths against spin.

But overseas hundreds remained absent.

Before 2021, Mominul had scored 10 Test centuries.

Every one had come at home.

Then Bangladesh toured Sri Lanka.

The criticism finally disappeared.

Pallekele 2021: Mominul Finally Gets His Overseas Hundred

Bangladesh batted first against Sri Lanka at Pallekele.

Najmul Hossain Shanto produced a magnificent 163.

At the other end, his captain settled in.

Mominul reached his first Test century outside Bangladesh.

He eventually made 127.

Together, Shanto and Mominul added 242 runs for the third wicket, which at the time became Bangladesh's highest third-wicket partnership in Test cricket.

The century carried significance beyond the score.

Mominul had spent years proving he could dominate Test bowling in Bangladesh.

Now he had finally produced the innings missing from his résumé.

An overseas Test hundred.

It had taken until his 43rd Test.

But it came.

Captaincy Was Never the Easy Part of Mominul's Career

Mominul became Bangladesh's Test captain in 2019.

It was not a role he had spent his career loudly campaigning for.

He inherited the responsibility after Shakib Al Hasan's suspension.

And the timing could hardly have been more difficult.

Bangladesh entered a period involving:

difficult away tours,

transition within the squad,

the COVID-19 disruption,

World Test Championship pressure,

and persistent inconsistency.

His first assignment as captain was a brutal tour of India.

Bangladesh lost both Tests heavily.

There were difficult series afterward.

Mominul's own batting eventually suffered while carrying the responsibility.

Yet captaincy also gave him a place at the center of one of the greatest days Bangladesh cricket has ever experienced.

Mount Maunganui: Mominul Captained One of Bangladesh's Greatest Wins

January 2022.

Bangladesh travelled to New Zealand.

The hosts were reigning World Test Championship winners.

Bangladesh had never won a Test against New Zealand.

In fact, Bangladesh had played 43 international matches in New Zealand across all formats without winning one.

Then came Mount Maunganui.

New Zealand scored 328.

Bangladesh replied with 458.

Ebadot Hossain then produced the spell of his life as New Zealand collapsed for 169.

Bangladesh needed only 40.

They won by eight wickets.

The records broken were enormous.

It was Bangladesh's:

first win in New Zealand in any format,

first Test victory over New Zealand,

first away Test win over a top-five-ranked side,

and a result that ended New Zealand's 17-match unbeaten home Test run.

And the Bangladesh captain standing there at the end was Mominul Haque.

Whatever difficulties surrounded his captaincy, that victory will remain permanently attached to his name.

That Victory Showed Another Side of Him

Mominul the batter is usually remembered as quiet.

Mominul the captain faced a different challenge.

He had to make decisions.

Manage bowlers.

Set fields.

Keep belief alive against one of the strongest home teams in the world.

At Mount Maunganui, Bangladesh did not win because one superstar carried the entire side.

It was a collective performance.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy made 78.

Shanto made 64.

Mominul contributed 88.

Liton Das made 86.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz added useful runs.

The seamers then finished the job.

That collective character made the victory especially significant.

It suggested Bangladesh could compete in a difficult overseas Test through discipline rather than chaos.

Mominul was the captain who led them through it.

Captaincy Eventually Became Too Heavy

By 2022, Mominul's own batting form had deteriorated.

Scores dried up.

Pressure increased.

Bangladesh continued losing.

After the home series against Sri Lanka, he stepped away from the Test captaincy and Shakib Al Hasan returned to the role.

It might have been easy for that period to define the remainder of Mominul's career.

Instead, he returned to his original job.

Batting.

That may ultimately have suited him better.

There are players whose identities expand through captaincy.

Mominul's legacy has always been strongest when reduced to the simplest version of cricket:

ball coming toward him,

bat in his hands,

runs to make.

He Kept Going After the Captaincy

This is one reason his 2026 milestone deserves attention.

Mominul's career has contained peaks.

But it has also contained prolonged difficult periods.

His average fell from the extraordinary numbers of his early years.

The century frequency slowed.

Questions emerged about whether Bangladesh should continue building its Test order around him.

Yet he survived.

That matters in Test cricket.

A 13-year career is not built only from purple patches.

It is built from recovering after they disappear.

In 2024, He Reached 10,000 First-Class Runs

Mominul's commitment to red-ball cricket extends far beyond his international numbers.

In November 2024, he passed 10,000 first-class runs, becoming only the third Bangladeshi player to reach the milestone at the time.

He joined Tushar Imran and Naeem Islam in the club.

That achievement feels perfectly aligned with his career.

First-class cricket is where long-form specialists build their craft away from international cameras.

For Mominul, that format has never felt like preparation for something more important.

It is the game itself.

Then Came 5,000 Test Runs

In May 2026, during Bangladesh's Test series against Pakistan, Mominul reached another landmark.

5,000 Test runs.

He became only the third Bangladeshi batter to reach the milestone, following Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.

The achievement arrived while he was batting in Mirpur.

Appropriately, he reached the mark with a boundary.

At that moment, Tamim still remained ahead of him on the country's all-time Test run list.

But only just.

Mominul was closing.

August 2026: Mominul Passes Tamim Iqbal

Bangladesh's tour of Australia provided the next piece of history.

During the first Test in Darwin, Mominul entered the match requiring only a handful of runs to pass Tamim Iqbal's career total of 5,134 Test runs.

He got there with a boundary.

That moved him into second place among Bangladesh's Test run-scorers.

Only Mushfiqur Rahim remained ahead.

By the end of Bangladesh's August series, Mominul's career total stood at 5,219.

The current national list begins:

1. Mushfiqur Rahim — 6,876 runs

2. Mominul Haque — 5,219

3. Tamim Iqbal — 5,134

4. Shakib Al Hasan — 4,609

That is rare company.

Mominul's Current Test Record at 35

As he celebrates his birthday, his Test record stands at:

Matches: 80

Runs: 5,219

Batting average: 37.81

Highest score: 181

Centuries: 13

Half-centuries: 28

Test run ranking for Bangladesh: 2nd

Test century ranking for Bangladesh: 2nd

Statistics never tell an entire cricket story.

But these ones tell a substantial part of it.

Mominul is no longer simply remembered as a promising young batter who once averaged around 60.

He has accumulated enough runs for permanence.

Only Mushfiqur Is Ahead of Him Now

The comparison with Mushfiqur Rahim is interesting because their careers developed very differently.

Mushfiqur became a multi-format mainstay.

Wicketkeeper.

Captain.

Middle-order batter.

Double-centurion.

Long-term senior figure.

Mominul's international identity narrowed instead.

Test cricket became his territory.

Yet when Bangladesh's longest-format records are arranged today, the two men occupy the first two places in both of the most important batting categories.

Runs.

Centuries.

Mushfiqur leads.

Mominul follows.

That is a remarkable legacy for someone who spent much of his career outside the brightest part of Bangladesh cricket's spotlight.

Why Mominul Haque Matters to Bangladesh Test Cricket

Bangladesh's Test history is very different from its ODI history.

In limited-overs cricket, the country produced famous victories relatively early.

Test progress was harder.

For years, batting collapses were common.

Bangladesh could compete for sessions without competing across five days.

A player such as Mominul therefore had particular value.

His game was designed to occupy time.

Test teams need batters willing to make a bowler return for another spell.

And another.

And another.

They need someone capable of turning:

25 into 70,

70 into 120,

and 120 into an innings that changes how the opposition plans the rest of the match.

At his best, Mominul provided exactly that.

His Career Also Represents Test Specialization in an Age Moving the Other Way

Modern cricket rewards versatility.

T20 leagues offer enormous money.

ODIs provide World Cup visibility.

Short-form cricket creates global stars rapidly.

Mominul's career travelled in almost the opposite direction.

His T20I career was brief.

His ODI career ended years ago.

Yet his Test career survived.

That makes him increasingly unusual.

He became valuable not because he could do everything.

He became valuable because Bangladesh continued believing he could do one thing extremely well.

Bat in Test cricket.

There is something almost old-fashioned about it.

And something admirable too.

He Was Never Really Built for the Highlight Reel

Search for Mominul highlights and you will find elegant drives.

Cuts.

Sweeps.

Beautiful footwork against spin.

But his career cannot be understood through ten-minute compilations.

The real Mominul experience often involves:

leaving 20 deliveries,

defending another 15,

nudging singles,

waiting for the bowler to overpitch,

then suddenly discovering he has reached 70.

His value exists in sequence.

Pressure absorbed.

Sessions survived.

Partnerships built.

That does not always generate viral clips.

It wins Test matches and saves them.

His 2018 Twin Centuries May Remain the Signature Achievement

Thirteen centuries offer plenty of choices.

The 181 was the announcement.

The 126 not out confirmed it.

The 127 in Sri Lanka answered the overseas question.

His century as captain against Zimbabwe carried responsibility.

But the 176 and 105 against Sri Lanka in 2018 remain difficult to beat.

One great innings can happen.

Doing it again in the same Test is different.

And the second century came when Bangladesh needed to survive.

That match captured almost every strength associated with Mominul:

concentration,

spin play,

patience,

run accumulation,

and the ability to bat again after already spending hours at the crease.

Two innings.

281 runs.

One saved Test.

History made.

Mount Maunganui May Be His Greatest Team Memory

If the twin hundreds represent Mominul the batter, Mount Maunganui represents Mominul the captain.

Bangladesh entered New Zealand without the expectation of beating the world champions.

Five days later, Mominul was celebrating one of the country's greatest sporting victories.

The ICC still places that win among Bangladesh's greatest Test triumphs.

Cricket careers are rarely clean.

His captaincy produced difficult memories too.

But one historic victory can survive alongside all of them.

In twenty years, when people revisit Bangladesh's first Test victory in New Zealand, the scorecard will still say:

Captain:

Mominul Haque.

He Also Belongs to a Generation That Changed Bangladesh's Expectations

When Mominul debuted in 2013, Bangladesh was still trying to prove it could compete consistently in Test cricket.

Now the expectations are different.

Bangladesh has:

beaten England in a Test,

beaten Australia,

defeated New Zealand away,

won a Test series in Pakistan,

and continued expanding its red-ball ambitions.

Mominul has been present through a substantial part of that evolution.

He played when respectable draws were major achievements.

He played when individual centuries were celebrated as national landmarks.

He later captained Bangladesh to an away victory over the reigning world champions.

His career therefore overlaps with the gradual change in what Bangladesh believes is possible in Test cricket.

The Quietness Is Part of the Appeal

Bangladesh cricket can be intensely emotional.

Crowds are loud.

Debates are louder.

Selection controversies can dominate headlines for days.

Mominul has generally occupied a quieter place.

Even during periods when he possessed national batting records, his personality rarely overwhelmed his cricket.

Perhaps that is why the phrase “quiet giant” suits him.

Not because his career lacks drama.

It contains plenty.

But because the drama usually happened on the scoreboard.

At 35, the Question Is How Much More He Can Add

Mominul remains an active Test cricketer.

That makes his birthday different from a retrospective tribute to a retired player.

His final numbers do not exist yet.

He currently has 5,219 runs.

Could he reach 6,000?

His next century would equal Mushfiqur's present Bangladesh record of 14, although Mushfiqur remains active too.

Could Mominul eventually regain the century record?

Could another major overseas innings still be waiting?

Nobody knows.

That uncertainty is part of the pleasure.

For now, he remains in the middle of the story.

Happy 35th Birthday, Mominul Haque

Mominul Haque's career has never required exaggeration.

The numbers already say enough.

5,219 Test runs.

13 centuries.

28 fifties.

A career-best 181.

Centuries in both innings of a Test.

281 runs in one Test—the Bangladesh record.

Eleven consecutive Tests with a 50-plus score.

Bangladesh's former record-holder for most Test hundreds.

First overseas century in Sri Lanka.

Captain of the historic Mount Maunganui victory.

Third Bangladeshi to 5,000 Test runs.

Now Bangladesh's second-highest Test run-scorer.

Now second on the country's list of Test century-makers.

That is not the résumé of a supporting character.

It is the record of one of Bangladesh's finest Test batters.

For years, Mominul played in the shadow of bigger all-format names.

He did not need to escape that shadow by becoming louder.

He simply kept batting.

One session.

One fifty.

One century.

One thousand runs after another.

And eventually, almost quietly, he passed nearly everyone.

Happy 35th birthday, Mominul Haque.

A pillar of Bangladesh's Test batting.

A specialist in an age of all-format stars.

And one of the finest red-ball batters the country has produced.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is today Mominul Haque's birthday?

Yes. Mominul Haque was born on September 29, 1991, so he celebrates his 35th birthday on September 29, 2026.

How old is Mominul Haque?

Mominul Haque turns 35 years old on September 29, 2026.

Where was Mominul Haque born?

He was born in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

What is Mominul Haque's batting style?

Mominul is a left-handed batter. He can also bowl slow left-arm orthodox spin.

When did Mominul Haque make his Test debut?

He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Galle on March 8, 2013.

How many Test runs does Mominul Haque have?

After Bangladesh's August 2026 Test series in Australia, Mominul has 5,219 Test runs.

How many Tests has Mominul Haque played?

He has played 80 Test matches.

What is Mominul Haque's Test batting average?

His current career Test average is 37.81.

How many Test centuries has Mominul Haque scored?

Mominul has scored 13 Test centuries.

Who has the most Test centuries for Bangladesh?

As of September 2026, Mushfiqur Rahim leads Bangladesh with 14 Test hundreds. Mominul is second with 13. Mushfiqur moved ahead when he scored his 14th against Pakistan in May 2026.

Who has scored the most Test runs for Bangladesh?

Mushfiqur Rahim leads Bangladesh's Test run list. Current records place him on 6,876 runs, followed by Mominul Haque on 5,219.

Is Mominul Haque Bangladesh's second-highest Test run-scorer?

Yes. Mominul moved into second place in August 2026 by overtaking Tamim Iqbal's 5,134 Test runs.

When did Mominul Haque pass Tamim Iqbal in Test runs?

He passed Tamim during Bangladesh's first Test against Australia in Darwin in August 2026.

When did Mominul reach 5,000 Test runs?

He crossed 5,000 Test runs during the first Test against Pakistan in Mirpur in May 2026.

How many Bangladesh batters have scored 5,000 Test runs?

Mominul became the third Bangladeshi to achieve the milestone, after Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.

What is Mominul Haque's highest Test score?

His highest Test score is 181, made against New Zealand in Chattogram in 2013.

How many runs did Mominul score against New Zealand in the 2013 Test series?

He scored 376 runs in two Tests, including 181 and 126 not out, and was named Player of the Series.

Did Mominul score centuries in both innings of a Test?

Yes. Against Sri Lanka in Chattogram in 2018, he scored 176 and 105, becoming the first Bangladesh batter to score centuries in both innings of the same Test.

What is the Bangladesh record for most runs by one batter in a Test match?

Mominul's 281 runs against Sri Lanka in 2018—176 in the first innings and 105 in the second—remain Bangladesh's highest aggregate by a batter in one Test.

Did Mominul Haque score 50 or more in 11 consecutive Tests?

Yes. He recorded at least one 50-plus score in 11 consecutive Test matches, a sequence achieved by only a small group of players in Test history.

What is the record for 50-plus scores in consecutive Tests?

The recognized record is 12 consecutive Tests, achieved by AB de Villiers and Joe Root. Mominul reached 11.

What was Mominul Haque's first overseas Test century?

His first Test century outside Bangladesh was 127 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2021.

Who did Mominul partner in his first overseas Test century?

He shared a 242-run third-wicket partnership with Najmul Hossain Shanto, who scored 163. At the time it was Bangladesh's highest third-wicket partnership in Tests.

Was Mominul Haque Bangladesh's Test captain?

Yes. Mominul captained Bangladesh's Test side from 2019 until stepping down in 2022.

What was Mominul Haque's greatest win as captain?

His defining captaincy achievement was Bangladesh's eight-wicket victory over New Zealand at Mount Maunganui in January 2022.

Why was the Mount Maunganui victory historic?

It was Bangladesh's first win in New Zealand in any international format, their first Test victory over New Zealand, and it ended New Zealand's 17-match unbeaten run in home Tests.

Did Mominul Haque score 10,000 first-class runs?

Yes. He reached 10,000 first-class runs in November 2024, becoming the third Bangladeshi to achieve the milestone at the time.

Did Mominul play ODI cricket?

Yes. He represented Bangladesh in ODIs, although his international career eventually became heavily focused on Test cricket.

When did Mominul Haque last play an ODI?

His last ODI appearance came in September 2018 against Pakistan.

Why is Mominul Haque known as a Test specialist?

Unlike several of Bangladesh's biggest stars, Mominul's longest and most successful international career has been in Test cricket. His technique, patience and ability to construct long innings have made him particularly valuable in the five-day format.

What makes Mominul Haque important to Bangladesh cricket?

He has spent more than a decade as a major part of Bangladesh's Test batting order, becoming the country's second-highest Test run-scorer and second-highest century-maker while producing several national records.

What are Mominul Haque's biggest Test achievements?

His standout achievements include his 181 against New Zealand, 376-run series in 2013, 11 consecutive Tests with a fifty-plus score, twin centuries against Sri Lanka in 2018, first overseas century in 2021, leadership of the historic Mount Maunganui win and passing 5,000 Test runs in 2026.

Is Mominul Haque still playing Test cricket in 2026?

Yes. Mominul remains an active Bangladesh Test batter. The ICC lists his career as continuing through 2026, and he appeared in Bangladesh's August Test series in Australia.

Where does Mominul Haque rank among Bangladesh's greatest Test batters?

Statistically, he is already near the very top. As of his 35th birthday, only Mushfiqur Rahim has more Test runs or Test centuries for Bangladesh.

What is the best way to describe Mominul Haque's legacy?

Mominul's legacy is that of a genuine Test specialist—a technically compact, patient left-hander who built one of Bangladesh's finest red-ball careers without needing the visibility of white-ball superstardom.

At 35, his final chapter is still being written.