Sports Desk: Mahmudullah Riyad has been a pillar of trust in the Bangladesh cricket team for 17 years. Bangladesh won many memorable victories during his tenure. He is retiring from T20 today.
Mahmudullah
With the departure of Mahmudullah, the fifth chapter of the Bangladesh T20 team is coming to an end. After Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Riyad is also leaving.
Bangladesh will play the last T20 of the three-match series against India on Saturday. This will be the last international T20 of Mahmudullah's long career of 17 years. The last T20 match of the series will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The match will start at 7:30 Bangladesh time. Mahmudullah will have to do something good in this match to make his farewell day colorful.
Before this, Mahmudullah played his last international match in Test cricket against Zimbabwe in 2021. He gave a great victory to the Bangladesh team by playing a great innings of 150 runs in that Test in Harare. Bangladesh's Test victory in Harare is still remembered today. Mahmudullah's farewell will be colorful if he can finish the series with a win against India. However, the reality is different. Tiger is not in the mood at the moment. Bangladesh lost badly in the first T20 of the series. In the second match as well, Bangladesh lost the series by a big margin due to batting failure. However, Mahmudullah's fans hope to make his last T20 match memorable.
Mahmudullah will reportedly be given a guard of honor and crest before or after the match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in the T20 farewell match. A BCB official said that a farewell crest has been made for Mahmudullah in India. But if you win the match, you will be honored even more than this. Can Mahmudullah describe his last match?
Mahmudullah in T20
Mahmudullah's career in the national team began in 2007 with a match against Kenya. During this time Mahmudullah played 140 T20 Internationals. It will stand at 141 if the last match is played against India. He holds the record of most T20 games in Bangladesh jersey.
In 139 matches, Mahmudullah scored 2 thousand 395 runs at a strike rate of 117.74. His highest score in this format is 64. Mahmudullah is Bangladesh's second highest run scorer in the shortened version of cricket. Shakib, who retired at the end of the last T20 World Cup, scored the most 2,551 runs.
Apart from batting, this all-rounder has also played a role in the country's jersey with the ball. He took 40 wickets in this format by turning the ball in hand. Best bowling figure is three wickets with 10 runs. As a fielder, this silent killer-famous all-rounder is ahead of the rest. Mahmudullah took the most 50 catches among Bangladeshis in twenty over matches.
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Mahmudullah holds the record of leading Bangladesh in most T20 matches. Between 2018 and 2022, Bangladesh played a total of 43 T20 Internationals under his captaincy. He also has the most wins jointly with Shakib Al Hasan. Mahmudullah won 16 matches as captain. He also led the Red-Green in the Twenty20 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates in 2021.
