[1] He continued to make consistent contributions down the order with the bat and was more than competent as a keeper for Bangladesh's spin dominated attack.

[16] During the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup, hosted by Sri Lanka in February, Mushfiqur Rahim captained the Bangladesh side which included future international players Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal among others.

[18] Later that month Mushfiqur Rahim was recalled to the senior Test squad for the first time since the England tour in 2005.

In T20 cricket, all of Mushfiqur's runs came playing for Bangladesh, Bangladesh A, Duronto Rajshahi, Nagenahira Nagas, Sylhet Royals, Chittagong Vikings, Karachi Kings, Barishal Bulls, Rajshahi Kings, Nangharhar Leopards, Khulna Tigers and Beximco Dhaka.

[20] Representing Rajshahi Division in domestic cricket, Mushfiqur Rahim has over 6500 first-class runs to his name including twelve half-centuries and thirty four centuries.

[22] Under his leadership Duronto overcame a weak start to progress to the semi-finals where they lost to Barisal Burners; Mushfiqur Rahim contributed 234 runs from 11 matches.

It was Bangladesh's first tour of England, where they faced unfamiliar conditions and the batsmen struggled against seam bowling and uneven bounce throughout the series.

[38] Although initially named in the squad as a part-time wicket-keeper, his performances in the warm up matches led to his selection for the first Test at Lord's as a specialist batsman as well.

The 17-year-old Mushfiqur Rahim scored 19 runs in the first innings and was one of just three batsman to reach double figures as Bangladesh were dismissed for 108.

He was one of three uncapped ODI players included in the squad alongside all-rounders Farhad Reza and Shakib Al Hasan.

[41] His good performances led him to be picked as the first-choice wicket-keeper ahead of Khaled Mashud for the World Cup in the West Indies.

[46] Following the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, Mushfiqur Rahim endured a series of poor scores, including five innings in which he amassed four runs altogether.

The position was vacated as the previous holder, Shakib Al Hasan, was filling-in as captain for the injured Mashrafe Mortaza.

[53] Mushfiqur Rahim retained the vice-captaincy for the home Test series against India in January and February 2010.

[60] Having impressed at home, Mushfiqur Rahim's performance in the return tour in England in May was expected to be crucial for the rankings.

[61] In the tour, Mushfiqur Rahim could only manage 40 runs from two Tests as Bangladesh's batsmen struggled in English conditions and slumped to a 2–0 defeat.

[62] In the first ODI of the tour Mushfiqur Rahim was struck in the face while keeping wicket to spinner Faisal Hossain.

There were suggestions that he could be dropped, especially as fellow wicket-keeper Dhiman Ghosh was scoring heavily in Bangladesh's domestic competition.

[68] On 20 September 2011, Mushfiqur Rahim was named Bangladesh captain, taking over from Shakib Al Hasan after a disappointing tour of Zimbabwe.

In his first international match as captain, Mushfiqur Rahim produced a Man-of-the-Match performance, scoring 41 runs not out from 26 balls to help his team to victory.

[76] In the 2012 Asia Cup, under Mushfiqur Rahim's captaincy, Bangladesh won two out of the three games they have played and reached the final for the first time where they lost to Pakistan.

[77] On 11 March 2013, during the first test of the tour of Sri Lanka in Galle, Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi to score a double hundred, beating the previous highest of 190 set by Mohammed Ashraful earlier in the day.

[82] He scored his second one-day international century against India at the beginning of the 2014 Asia Cup but struggled in that match with his injury.

[91] In September 2014, the BCB appointed Mortaza as the ODI captain, although Mushfiqur Rahim retained the Test captaincy.

[94] During the group stage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh defeated England, as a result they qualified for the second quarterfinal.

[97] During the first Test against New Zealand at Basin Reserve in January 2017, Mushfiqur Rahim was hit on the back of the helmet on the fifth day of match and immediately taken to hospital.

The incident took place in the 43rd over of Bangladesh's second innings when Tim Southee bowled a bouncer that hit Mushfiqur Rahim just behind left ear as he was trying to duck.

[105] Bangladesh went on to score their highest total in an ODI match, finishing on 330/6 from their 50 overs, beating South Africa by 21 runs.

It became the first such instance in last 72 years in test cricket (Len Hutton in 1951 was the previous batter to be dismissed) where a batsman was given out for obstructing the field.

[citation needed] Mushfiqur Rahim apologized to his teammate and the BCB fined him 25% of his match fees and issued one demerit point for the incident.