Mashrafe Mortaza

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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
মাশরাফী বিন মোর্তজা
Mortaza at a rally (2019)
Whip of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
22 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Narail-2
In office
3 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byHafizur Rahman
Personal details
Born (1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 41)
Narail, Khulna, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseSumona Haque Sumi[1]
Children2
Residence(s)Dhaka, Bangladesh
EducationBachelor of Arts in Philosophy[2]
Alma materJahangirnagar University
OccupationPolitician, cricketer
Signature
Personal information
NicknameMash,[3] Koushik,[4] Narail Express[5]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[6]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm Fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 19)8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last Test9 July 2009 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 54)23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI6 March 2020 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.2
T20I debut (cap 4)28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I6 April 2017 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.2
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–presentKhulna Division
2009-2010Kolkata Knight Riders
2012–2013Dhaka Gladiators
2015–2016Comilla Victorians
2017Rangpur Riders
2019–2020Dhaka Platoon
2020Gemcon Khulna
2022Minister Group Dhaka
2023–2024Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 36 220 57 335
Runs scored 797 1787 1458 3309
Batting average 12.85 13.74 15.67 15.75
100s/50s 0/3 0/1 1/6 1/8
Top score 79 51* 132* 104
Balls bowled 5990 10922 8970 16427
Wickets 78 270 135 459
Bowling average 41.52 32.93 35.05 29.04
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 7
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/60 6/26 4/27 6/26
Catches/stumpings 9/0 62/0 24/0 102/0
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Bangladesh
Asia Cup
Runner-up 2012 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2016 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2018 UAE
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 January 2024

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (born 5 October 1983), popularly known as the Narail Express, is a Bangladeshi politician and cricketer who captained in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narail-2 constituency during 2019–2024.[7] He is widely regarded as the most successful captain for the Bangladesh cricket team.[a]

He started this test debut against Zimbabwe in 2001. He impressed Andy Roberts, who was then coaching Bangladesh and was drafted into the Test side - in his debut first-class game. In 2006, Mashrafe was the world's highest wicket-taker in ODIs, collecting 49 wickets in total.[11] He was the Man-of-the-match in the match against India in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[12] He took four wickets that game and knocked out India from the group stage. Mashrafe was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders for $600,000 in IPL 2009.[13] Mashrafe debuted as a captain after the 2009 T20 World Cup, where he captained Bangladesh against West Indies and Zimbabwe and won both them but it led him to an ankle injury and forced him to hand over the captaincy duties to Shakib Al Hasan later. He suffered a tear in his knee ligament after that. This forced him to miss the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[14] After overcoming his injuries, Mashrafe took his position back in the squad after 4 years and captained Bangladesh to the 2015 Cricket World Cup, where they were able to reach the quarterfinals for the first time.[15] After getting knocked out by India at the quarterfinals in the World Cup, Mashrafe led his team back to back ODI series wins against Pakistan (3-0), India (2-1) and then world cup runners-up New Zealand (3-2) at home for the first time in their cricket history.[16] It eventually made them a dominant ODI team in their home grounds. These results sealed a place for Bangladesh in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy for the first time, where they finished off as semifinalists. His captaincy led Bangladesh Team to become the runners-up of the Asia Cup for two consecutive years (2016, 2018) but lost to India in both.[17] Throughout his career, Mashrafe has played a pivotal role in Bangladesh's rise as a competitive cricketing nation.[18]

Mashrafe won the first edition of Bangladesh Premier League as a captain in 2012 with Dhaka Gladiators. He joined Comilla Victorians in 2015 and won their first BPL title. He also won the 2017 Bangladesh Premier League for third time as captain with Rangpur Riders, making him the most successful player at the tournament as a captain.

Mashrafe was ranked as one of the most famous athletes in the world on ESPN World Fame 100 in 2019.[19][20] According to Antiguan first-class cricketer Andy Roberts, Mashrafe is the most talented cricketer in Bangladesh.[21] He became only the fifth bowler in history to take 100 ODI wickets as a captain.[22][23] Mashrafe is also the first pace bowler in Bangladesh who bowled a delivery clocking over 147 km/h, which he did during a Test against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2001.[24][25] Mashrafe's career has been hampered by fifteen injuries as he has undergone a total of ten operations on his knees and ankles.[26][27] On 6 March 2020, Mashrafe, at the age of 37, announced his retirement from national team captaincy by playing the last match of the ODI series against Zimbabwe.[28]

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  6. ^ Mashrafe Mortaza Profile, Mashrafe.Cricket, archived from the original on 16 October 2018, retrieved 31 March 2016
  7. ^ "Mashrafe Bin Mortaza: Bangladesh ODI captain Mortaza wins election, becomes 1st active cricketer to become an MP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh's Most Successful Cricket Captains". dailycricket.com.bd. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Happy Birthday Mashrafe Mortaza: A Bangladesh cricket icon". India Today. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Mashrafe Mortaza is people's captain whom a nation loves". The Economic Times. 3 March 2016.
  11. ^ "2006 Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Matches". Wisden. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Bangladesh's Mortaza snapped by Kolkata team for $600,000". Hindustan Times. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Mashrafe Mortaza not in World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  15. ^ "ICC World Cup 2015: Bangladesh's road to quarter-finals". www.news18.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  16. ^ "The year of unprecedented home domination in ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  17. ^ "India creep home in final-over thriller to defend Asia Cup title". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  18. ^ Umama (28 July 2015). "The year of unprecedented home domination in ODIs. The Bangladesh Cricket Team". Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  19. ^ Mashrafe in the list of ESPN WORLD FAME 100 in 2019, ESPN, retrieved 13 March 2019
  20. ^ "Mashrafe in ESPNs World Fame 100", Dhaka Tribune, 18 March 2019, retrieved 18 March 2019
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  22. ^ "Mash becomes fifth to bag 100 wickets as captain". The Daily Star. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Mashrafe savours 100 wickets as captain - Sports". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Mashrafe still holds Bangladeshi bowler's fastest delivery record". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Mashrafe Mortaza fastest bowler 127 kph". Daily Naya Diganta. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  26. ^ "What if: Mashrafe never got injured?". The Business Standard. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Freak injury leaves Mashrafe needing 27 stitches". New Age. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  28. ^ 'অধিনায়ক' মাশরাফির অবসর ঘোষণা. Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 October 2022.


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