About Mashrafe Mortaza

**Mashrafe Bin Mortaz: মাশরাফি বিন মুর্তজা) (born 5 October 1983 in [Narail District] is a [Bangladeshi] international [cricketer] and current captain of the One Day Internationals for [Bangladesh national cricket team]. He is also a former T20I captain, until his retirement. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against [Zimbabwe] and represented Bangladesh before having played a single [first-classclass_cricket) match. Mortaza captained his country in one Test and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 2009 and 2010, however injury meant he was in and out of the side and [Shakib Al Hasan] was appointed captain in Mortaza's absence.

Mortaza used to be considered one of the fastest bowlers produced by Bangladesh, previously in the mid-135s km/h in the 2000s, and regularly opens the bowling. He is a useful [lower- half centuries to his name. Mortaza's career has been hampered by injuries and he has undergone a total of ten operations on his knees and ankles.

Mortaza retired from Test cricket in 2009 due to continuous back injuries and continued to play in shorter formats. On 4 April 2017, he announced his intentions to retire from T20Is as well. He retired from all T20Is on 6 April 2017.

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Personal information:

Full name Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

Born 5 October 1983 (age 34)

Narail, Bangladesh

Nickname Koushik, Mash, Narail Express [1]

Height 1.87[2] m (6 ft 2 in)

Batting Right-Handed

Bowling Right arm medium-fast

Role Bowler, Bangladesh ODI Captain

International information

National side

Bangladesh (2001–present)

Test debut (cap 19) 8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe

Last Test 9 July 2009 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 53) 23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI 22 October 2017 v South Africa

ODI shirt no. 2

T20I debut (cap 4) 28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe

Last T20I 6 April 2017 v Sri Lanka

Domestic team information

Years Team

2002–present Khulna Division

2009 Kolkata Knight Riders

2012–2013 Dhaka Gladiators

2015–2016 Comilla Victorians

2017–present Rangpur Riders

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I FC

Matches 36 175 54 54

Runs scored 797 1,557 377 1,433

Batting average 12.85 14.28 13.46 16.10

100s/50s 0/3 0/1 0/0 1/6

Top score 79 51* 36 132*

Balls bowled 5,990 8,747 1,139 8,673

Wickets 78 29 31 68

Bowling average 41.52 30.11 36.35 35.19

5 wickets in innings 0 1 n/a 0

10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0

Best bowling 4/60 6/26 4/19 4/27

Catches/stumpings 9/– 55/– 10/– 23/–

Source: Cricinfo, 27 May 2017