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Mashrafe Mortaza
The 'Naral Express' has been Bangladesh's biggest match winners, but injuries has also played a major role in his illustrious career. The pacer made an instant impact on his Test debut back in 2001-02 against Zimbabwe. Injuries ruled him out plenty of times but he came back and broke Aftab Ahmed's national record, taking 6/26 in an ODI against Kenya. In 2006, he took 49 ODI wickets, the most in a calender year. His seam movement is the most feared by any batsman, which earned him a lucrative contract in the Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009, but has only played one match so far. He missed the 2011 World Cup due to a tear in his knee ligament. He has faced many highs and lows in life. He also led Bangladesh to the finals of the 2018 Asia Cup, but lost to India in a thriller. Mortaza will reach 200 ODIs soon.
Mashrafe Mortaza
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After winning 100th, 200th ODI matches, can B'desh win 300th against India today?
Cricket | Mar 19, 2015, 01:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: India may be eyeing an easy win over Bangladesh in the second quarter final match at Melbourne, but the road is not that much easy as it seems to be. The fact is,
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Don't know what's a good target for India: Mashrafe Mortaza
Cricket | Mar 18, 2015, 01:24 PM ISTMelbourne: Wary of the damage that India's in-form top-order batting can cause, Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza on Wednesday said he does not know what would be a good score if his team bats first
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World Cup 2015: Bangladesh relaxed ahead of quarterfinal vs India
Cricket | Mar 18, 2015, 01:12 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: After leading Bangladesh to its first-ever World Cup quarterfinal, captain Mashrafe Mortaza said the pressure is now off his players as they excitedly look forward to Thursday's match against unbeaten India.Bangladesh eliminated England
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World Cup 2015: Mashrafe Mortaza dedicates win over England to 'freedom fighters'
Cricket | Mar 09, 2015, 07:32 PM ISTAdelaide: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Monday dedicated his country's historic win over England in the World Cup cricket to the 1971 "freedom fighters".Tigers stormed into the quarter-finals of the World Cup, beating England
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World Cup 2015: Hope team's worst game is over, says Mortaza
Cricket | Feb 26, 2015, 06:53 PM ISTMelbourne: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza makes no excuse for his side's forgettable Australia day in the field that resulted in a 92-run loss to Sri Lanka.He can only hope the team's worst game of the
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World Cup 2015: Bangladesh look for transition to next level
Cricket | Feb 07, 2015, 02:23 PM ISTKolkata: The 'Tigers', as they are affectionately called by the fans, have not quite roared in the international cricket yet, but pundits think Bangladesh can emerge as a strong cricketing power in the World Cup.They
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Ban vs Zim: Bangladesh beats Zimbabwe by 21 runs in 4th ODI
Cricket | Nov 28, 2014, 09:02 PM ISTDhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh was on the verge of sweeping Zimbabwe in their one-day international series after winning the fourth match by 21 runs on Friday.The bowlers put up a disciplined performance for the hosts to
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Ban vs Zim: Bangladesh 256-8 vs Zimbabwe in 4th ODI
Cricket | Nov 28, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTDhaka, Bangladesh: Mahmudullah struck a career-best 82 not out to steer Bangladesh to a challenging 256-8 against Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international on Friday.Mushfiqur Rahim scored 77, and added 134 with Mahmudullah for the
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Ban vs Zim: Bangladesh beats Zimbabwe in 3rd ODI, wins series
Cricket | Nov 26, 2014, 08:53 PM ISTDhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh clinched the one-day international series against Zimbabwe with two games to spare after a comfortable 124-run win in the third match on Wednesday.It was Bangladesh's biggest win by margin against Zimbabwe, eclipsing
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Ban vs Zim: Bangladesh beats Zimbabwe in 2nd ODI
Cricket | Nov 23, 2014, 08:54 PM ISTChittagong, Bangladesh: Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny claimed his career best 4-29 to spin Bangladesh to a 68-run win over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international on Sunday.Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza chipped in with 3-34 as
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WI vs BAN:West Indies sweep Bangladesh 3-0 after 91-run win
Cricket | Aug 26, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTBASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis: Denesh Ramdin hit a memorable 169 off 121 balls and Darren Bravo struck 124 as the West Indies powered to a 3-0 series sweep of Bangladesh with a 91-run win
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West Indies win series, Bangladesh shot out for 70, 2nd ODI
Cricket | Aug 23, 2014, 03:52 PM ISTSt.George's (Grenada: Spinner Sunil Narine triggered an avalanche of batsmen as Bangladesh crashed to a 177-run defeat allowing West Indies to take 2-0 lead in their three-match One Day International (ODI) series here at the
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West Indies beat Bangladesh in opening ODI
Cricket | Aug 21, 2014, 06:44 AM ISTST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: All-rounder Kieron Pollard hit 89 and Denesh Ramdin chipped in with 74 as the West Indies overcame a disastrous start to beat Bangladesh by three wickets in their opening one-day international at
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West Indies look to prolong Bangladesh's woeful run
Cricket | Aug 19, 2014, 10:59 AM ISTJamaica: West Indies and Bangladesh commence a three-match One-Day International series at the Queen`s Park Stadium in Grenada on Wednesday with the home side heavily favoured to extend the tourists` miserable record in 2014.Despite several
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Five most expensive bowlers in World T20 so far
Cricket | Apr 02, 2014, 07:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: The fifth edition of ICC World T20 has reached to its semifinal stage. We have witnessed many bowlers who with their magical spells turned the game around. Besides this, there are some bowlers
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Beating India is no longer an upset, says Mashrafe Mortaza
Cricket | Feb 25, 2014, 07:07 PM ISTMirpur (Bangladesh): Bangladesh's premier pacer Mashrafe Mortaza today said that beating a heavyweight Indian cricket team is no longer considered as an "upset" as the hosts have defeated them on a few occasions in the