CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Elgar has 5, 002 runs in 81 Tests and 142 innings at an average of 38.18. He has 13 Test centuries and 22 half-centuries. South African Test skipper Dean Elgar completed 5, 000 runs in Test cricket on Monday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tamim Iqbal becomes first Bangladeshi batter to score 8000 runs in ODIs. Bangladeshi ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal became the first batter in the country to score 8000 runs in the ODI during the first ODI being played against Zimbabwe in Harare.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim achieved the distinction of being the first cricketer in the country to score 5000 runs in test matches. The feat has been achieved 22 years after Bangladesh played its first test match. He is the 99th cricketer in the world to achieve this goal.