Age is not a big barrier to be successful if the determination is there what Tushar Imran justified in front of all yesterday.

Tushar is the first-ever Bangladesh player to set a milestone of scoring 10,000 runs in first class cricket.

He was on 9965, just 35 runs away from his landmark what he did it for Prime Bank South Zone at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan (BKSP) against Walton Central Zone in the second round fixture of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL).

After being retired from international cricket in December 31, 2007, the 34-year-old Tushar has been engaged in playing at domestic circuit regardless of formats.

Jessere-born batsman Tushar, on 40, and Shahriar Nafees, on 53, were batting as Prime Bank South Zone finished the day one at 108 for two.

The right-handed batsman played his 154th game to touch the milestone. He smashed the highest number of 25 centuries in his 18-year-long cricket career with the best figures of 220.   

The experienced batsman clouted 53 half centuries beside his record number of centuries whereby he averaged 42.04.

He played five Tests and 41 one-day international wearing the jersey of the Bangladesh before his retirement in 2007.

Although the sublime batsman missed to spark his excellence in international cricket, he amassed runs-mountain in domestic circuit.

On the other hand, the game between Prime Bank and Walton at BKSP will produce another landmark when Tushar’s team will come out to show their bowling prowess with captain Abdur Razzak a wicket away from becoming the first bowler to claim 500 wickets in first class cricket.