( Date : October 5 , 1983 , the district ) Bangladesh cricket team is one of the pillars of bowling and ODI captain said. His nickname 'Kaushik' He is a right - handed batsman . His bowling style is right-handed medium pace bowler . In addition to the Bangladesh national team, he played in one-day internationals of Asia XI.Mortaza is one of the most successful pace bowlers in Bangladesh. In the Under-19 squad, with aggressive, dynamic bowling, he caught the eye of former West Indian fast bowler Andy Roberts , who was then the temporary bowling coach. On behalf of Roberts, Mashrafe was taken to Bangladesh A-team.
Mashrafe got a chance to represent the national team after playing only one match for Bangladesh A team. He made his Test debut against Zimbabwe at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 8 November 2001 .Khaled Mahmud also made his debut in the same match . The match remains unsettled in rainy season. Mashrafe, however, made his debut on the debut, taking 4 wickets for 106 runs. Grant Flower was his first victim.Interestingly, it was Mashrafe's first first class match. He is the 31st player of this rare achievement and third after 1899. In the same year, on 23 November, Mashrafe made his debut in one-day cricket with Fahim Muntasir and Tushar Imran . Debut matchOpening the bowling with Mohammad Sharif , he took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 8 overs 2.
He suffered a knee during his third Test match against England. As a result, he was forced to stay out of cricket for almost two years. He achieved success in the second Test against England . After taking 4 wickets for 60 runs, he hit the knee again. He was forced to stay out of the field for nearly a year.
While playing against India in 2004, Rahul Dravid was declared out of the off-stump and said he returned to form. In that series he bowled consistently and made the opportunity to dismiss Tendulkar and Ganguly . However, he did not get a wicket in the fielders' failure. He was the hero of the unforgettable victory against India in this one-day international match of this series.
He scored a good ball in the Test series against England in 2006 . His average among the Bangladeshi bowlers was the best. He contributed in a dramatic win against Australia in Cardiff . He was dismissed in the form of an unbeaten batsman Adam Gilchrist and scored only 33 runs in 10 overs.
Historically there was a lack of good pace bowler in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafique has an international quality spinner, but there was no significant pace bowler. Mashrafe fills the gap in Bangladesh
Musharraf was the world's leading wicket-taker in one-day international cricket in the 2006 Cricket Calendar. He took 49 wickets at that time.
Mortuza played the role of an unforgettable victory against India in the 2007 Cricket World Cup . He took 4 wickets for 38 runs. Mashrafe played the role of conquering New Zealand in the World Cup preparation match .
Mashrafe is known to the highest speed bowlers and fans of Bangladesh as " Narail Express ".
Mashrafe is a cramped batsman. In the second ODI in Dhaka against India , he hit six sixes in successive four matches. He scored 26 runs from that over, which is the highest score in an over for a Bangladeshi batsman.
Mashrafee had to leave the team for 11 times during a 16-year career. He was snatched away from the World Cup in 2011. In 2016 , Rocket took two wickets in the third match of the Bangladesh-England one-day series, taking 216 wickets in the one-day series, as the most wicket-taker in ODIs.
He retired from international T20 game in the last T20 of Bangladesh series Sri Lanka on 6 April in 2017 . Mashrafe, who is known as Mash on the field, is the first cricketer in the country to retire while the captain is in the playing XI.
