Most Runs by a Batsman at a Single Venue in ODIs

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh opening batsman, has scored his third consecutive fifty plus score today (January 23rd) against Zimbabwe in the ongoing tri-series tournament involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

Tamim today scored 74 runs off 105 deliveries which included 6 boundaries. One can point at his strike rate but the pitch was prepared in such a fashion that it has some dark patches which would certainly assist the spin bowlers more, or even the slower bowlers!

With this half-century, Tamim Iqbal now has 2,549 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium which is the most runs scored by any player at a single venue in ODIs. He has broken the world record!

Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya was the holder of this record before. Sanath had scored 2,514 runs in the 71 ODIs he played at the R Premadesa Stadium (RPS) in Colombo.

Here are the top 5 batsmen in this list:

Player Name	Venue	Runs Scored (At the Venue)	Highest Score (At the venue)	Batting Average (At the Venue)
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka	2,549	132	35.90
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo	2,514	130	38.67
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, U. A. E	2,464	137*	50.28
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka	2,369	106	39.48
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, U. A. E	2,179	131	45.39

Tamim Iqbal has also completed 6,000 runs in one-day cricket today in the game against Zimbabwe and is the first Bangladeshi player to reach this milestone in this format of the game. He was also the first Bangladeshi player to get to 5000 ODI runs, a feat which he achieved in 2016.

Leading run scorers (top 5) for Bangladesh in ODIs:

Player Name	Runs Scored	Highest Score	Batting Average
Tamim Iqbal	6,010	154	35.35
Shakib al Hasan	5,235	134*	35.13
Mushfiqur Rahim	4,670	117	33.12
Mohammad Ashraful	3,468	109	22.37
Mahmudullah	3,244	128*	33.79

The only worrying factor in this chart are the low averages. Tamim Iqbal is just 28 Years old and I am sure he will certainly improve it and will scale many more such records in his career!

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