DHAKA, Nov 26, 2024 (BSS)- Mehidy Hasan Miraz went past fellow allrounder 
Shakib Al Hasan to take most wickets by a Bangladesh bowler in overseas 
condition after taking two wickets in West Indies' second innings in the 
first cricket Test at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

With these two wickets, Miraz took his overseas wickets tally to 85, two more 
than Shakib Al Hasan. While Shakib's 83 wickets came in 26 matches, Miraz 
played 25 matches to surpass the senior allrounder.

But Shakib grabbed five-wicket five times in away Test, two more than Miraz. 
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam and pacer Taskin Ahmed grabbed 41 wickets in 15 
and 14 matches respectively in away from the country.

Taskin, however, took his tally to 41, thanks to his career-best 6-64 against 
West Indies' second innings. Mohammad Rafiqur has 34 away wickets in 15 
matches.

Earlier, Shakib lost his home record to Taijul Islam. During the South Africa 
series, Taijul eclipsed Shakib's home wickets tally of 163. Taijul has now 
170 wickets at home. Miraz is following Taijul with 104 wickets.

However, despite losing his home and away record to Taijul and Miraz 
respectively, Shakib is still the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in Test 
cricket with 246 wickets in 71 matches. Taijul has 211 matches in 50 Test 
while Miraz so far took 189 matches in the same number of Test like Taijul.

Since Shakib has no chance to play Test again, Taijul is the frontrunner to 
take the accolade of highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh.