Career Landmarks Piled Up on 23 September Across the Years
RUNS AND HUNDREDS ACROSS ERAS
Rohit Sharma reached 7000 ODI runs against Pakistan in 2018, a mark Saleem Malik had passed at 6000 against India back in 1996 and Mushfiqur Rahim reached at 5000 on the same 2018 day against Afghanistan. Mudassar Nazar's 4000 Test runs against Australia in 1988 came in a format where landmarks build slower, and on that same afternoon Iqbal Qasim, primarily a bowler, brought up 500 Test runs. Ijaz Ahmed scored his first Test hundred in that Australia match, while Shikhar Dhawan's 15th ODI hundred arrived in the 2018 Pakistan-India game that also carried Rohit past 7000.
WICKETS AND LESSER THRESHOLDS
Mashrafe Mortaza reached 250 ODI wickets against Afghanistan in 2018, a bigger-format milestone than the 25-wicket marks reached by Hasan Mahmud, Aftab Alam, Irfan Pathan, Axar Patel and Mohammad Rafique on this date in their respective careers. Yuzvendra Chahal's 50 ODI wickets came in the same 2018 Pakistan-India fixture as Rohit's and Dhawan's landmarks. Smaller run tallies also fell this day, including Imrul Kayes and Asghar Stanikzai reaching 2000 ODI runs, Md Hridoy and Craig Kieswetter reaching 500 in their formats, and Kamindu Mendis passing 500 T20I runs in 2025.
A CROWDED BANGLADESH-AFGHANISTAN DAY
The 2018 Bangladesh v Afghanistan match stands out for the sheer number of milestones inside one game: Mushfiqur Rahim's 5000 ODI runs, Mashrafe Mortaza's 250 wickets, Imrul Kayes and Asghar Stanikzai each reaching 2000 runs, and Aftab Alam's 25 wickets. Elsewhere, Parthasarthi Sharma played his 50th ODI in the 2018 Pakistan-India match, a reminder that not every landmark on this date is about runs or wickets, but simply about longevity in the format.
WRITTEN BY AI FROM CRICSTATS MATCH DATA · 21 SEP 2026