Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

Mortaza amid a one-day international match against Zimbabwe in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on 22 January 2009.
Personal information
Full name	Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Born	(1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 33) Narail, Bangladesh
Nickname	Koushik, Mash, Narail Express
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Right-Handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler, Bangladesh Captain
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2001–present)
Test debut (cap 19)	8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	9 July 2009 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 53)	23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	9 October 2016 v England
ODI shirt no.	2
T20I debut (cap 4)	28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	28 February 2016 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–present	Khulna Division
2009	Kolkata Knight Riders
2012	Dhaka Gladiators
2015–present	Comilla Victorians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 36 165 49 54 Runs scored 797 1,540 366 1,433 Batting average 12.85 14.37 14.64 16.10 100s/50s 0/3 0/1 0/0 1/6 Top score 79 51* 36 132* Balls bowled 5,990 8,225 1,029 8,673 Wickets 78 214 38 129 Bowling average 41.52 30.12 35.86 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/– 51/– 9/– 23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 October 2016

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Bengali: মাশরাফি বিন মুর্তজা) (born 5 October 1983 in Narail District) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the One Day and Twenty20 international for Bangladesh national cricket team. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class 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 bowling in the mid-135s km/h in the 2000s, and regularly opens the bowling. He is a useful lower-middle order batsman, with a first-class century and three Test 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.

He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League; although KKR paid US$600,000 for Mortaza, he played just one match for them, in which he went for 58 runs in 4 overs. Due to his international commitments, Mortaza has infrequently played for Khulna Division in Bangladesh's domestic cricket competitions. While he has represented Bangladesh 36 times in Tests and in 100 ODIs between 2001 and 2005 he played only 11 first-class and 9 list A matches for Khulna Division in the same period. In 2012 he joined the Dhaka Gladiators and 2015 from Comilla Victorians in the newly formed Bangladesh Premier League twenty20 competition and captained them to the tournament title and led Comilla Victorians clinched the title of the third 3rd Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) .