Mushfiqur Rahim wants to give up wicket-keeping in Tests.

Mushfiqur Rahim the Bangladesh

 wicket-keeper batsman, has decided to give up his behind-the-stumps duties in Test cricket to focus solely on batting in the longest format.

Mushfiqur has made 67 Test appearances in his career so far and has 103 catches and 31 stumpings to his name. However, with him representing Bangladesh in all three formats and playing in domestic T20 leagues, the 32-year-old feels he has too much on his plate. 

"I am not interested to keep wickets in Test. Now there are lots of games in the upcoming days and I play in all formats. Apart from international cricket, I play in DPL [Dhaka Premier League] and BPL [Bangladesh Premier League]. Considering everything, I think it is getting a bit overloaded," he said.

I want to perform for a long time and because I am playing across formats I needed to think. I did not have any severe injury during the last five years but at the same time, I did not take a substantial amount of rest. In the future, such scenarios should not arise that I have to take rest in one or two series.

"So instead of that [missing series for rest] the only thing that I can do is minimize my workload and that is only possible by not keeping in Test and that's why I have taken this decision.