Watch: Mushfiqur Rahim comically pushes the ball away with his butt to avoid getting bowled

Mushfiqur Rahim smashed third double hundred and second against Zimbabwe in Mirpur on Monday. The mainstay of Bangladesh batting, Rahim hit 28 fours and was at the crease for over seven hours during the marathon innings.

One particular incident during his innings grabbed everyone’s attention. Mushfiqur Rahim was about to get played on but showed great presence of mind to escape the dismissal. The manner of escape was rather funny as he pushed the ball away with his butt.

Mushfiqur Rahim doing his utmost best to make sure the ball does not go back onto his stumps!

"You will not pass!!" #BANvZIM pic.twitter.com/PdLF7NSPWr

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Easiest wicket to bat on: Mushfiqur Rahim

The middle-order batsman said that the wicket was easy to bat on. “This double-hundred was on the easiest wicket. They didn’t have much threat in their bowling attack. There was no reverse swing or any outrageous spin by a mystery bowler. I think this was an easier innings compared to the other two,” said Mushfiqur Rahim.

“This time we got a good wicket, so we wanted to make the most of it. In future, it may be a different wicket depending on the opposition, but as a batsman, I prefer this type of wicket,” he added.

Upset with the timing of the declaration

With easy conditions to accumulate runs, Rahim was eyeing triple-ton and expressed unhappiness with the timing of declaration at 560/6. Rahim was of the opinion that he could have got to 300 in the morning session on Tuesday.

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