Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh|Bowler
Mustafizur Rahman
INTL CAREER: 2015 - 2023
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Full Name

Mustafizur Rahman

Born

September 06, 1995, Satkhira

Age

27y 205d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

5ft 11in

Mustafizur Rahman is a left-arm pace bowler who came to Dhaka to try out for a fast-bowling camp in 2012, after he had impressed in an Under-17 tournament in Satkhira, some 300km from Dhaka. He got admitted to the BCB's pace foundation and soon caught the coaches' attention to make the Bangladesh Under-19 side for the 2014 World Cup.

He made his first-class debut for Khulna in the 2013-14 season and, after taking eight wickets in the U-19 World Cup in the UAE, he was surprisingly picked for Bangladesh A's tour of West Indies. Returning from that short trip, he was viewed as a better bowler and slowly picked up more variations. He initially lacked pace but built it up through the 2014-15 first-class season, when he took 26 wickets at an average of 19.08.

This was when Mustafizur started to develop the left-armer's offcutter, which was delivered as a spinner does but with the added ability of making it carry to the wicketkeeper standing back. The story of Anamul Haque's dare that got him to bowl the delivery will go into Bangladeshi cricket folklore, as will the early support he received from Mashrafe Mortaza, who spotted him randomly in the Mirpur nets.

Soon enough, the Bangladesh selectors picked Mustafizur for the one-off T20I against Pakistan and then, midway through 2015, for the ODI series against India when he became only the second bowler after Brian Vitori to take five-wicket hauls in his first two ODIs, paving the way for Bangladesh's first-ever ODI series win over India.

He was excellent in bilateral series against South Africa - which included a Test debut - and Zimbabwe, while also doing well in his first BPL campaign. Mustafizur's first foray on to the world stage was through the IPL auction, when he was picked Sunrisers Hyderabad in early 2016, followed by confirmation of a contract with Sussex for English domestic limited-overs cricket. He ensured none of his new paymasters doubted their call as he emerged as one of the best bowlers in the World T20, signing off with a five-wicket haul against New Zealand, bamboozling them with his variation of cutters.
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Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test152521451139314/375/6636.743.1869.1200
ODI8685416135311426/436/4324.865.0929.3450
T20I8382177422331005/225/2222.337.5517.7310
FC366351592465925/286/3326.792.8656.0810
List A9796471738971666/436/4323.474.9528.4560
T20220218477557982725/225/2221.317.2817.5530
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test1522766164.4016240.74003510
ODI86402510618*7.0618956.0800130140
T20I8324968154.538976.400034190
FC36492314930*5.7339637.620013950
List A97442611318*6.2720854.3200130150
T20220623616221*6.2321276.4100810430
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Bangladesh's team celebrate after completing a 2-0 series win
Habibul Bashar poses with Bangladesh's players
Bangladesh's team members pose for a picture
Mustafizur Rahman removed Dawid Malan for his 100th T20I wicket
Bangladesh celebrate Shikhar Dhawan's wicket
Mustafizur Rahman chats with Allan Donald