Mustafizur Rahman

Mustafizur Rahman
মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান
Personal information
Full name Mustafizur Rahman
Born (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995
Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh
Nickname Mustafiz, The Fizz, Cutter Master,M&M(along with Mehedi Hasan Miraz )
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 78) 21 July 2015 v South Africa
Last Test 30 July 2015 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 118) 18 June 2015 v India
Last ODI 11 November 2015 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 90
T20I debut (cap 44) 24 April 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I 26 March 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–Present Khulna Division
2016–Present Mohammedan Sporting Club
2015–Present Dhaka Dynamites
2016-Present Lahore Qalandars
2016–Present Sunrisers Hyderabad
2016–Present Sussex County Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20I
Matches 2 9 15 13
Runs scored 3 15 26 8
Batting average 3.00 7.50 4.33 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3 9 14 6
Balls bowled 136 452 1962 308
Wickets 4 26 44 22
Bowling average 14.50 12.34 18.38 13.95
5 wickets in innings – 3 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/37 6/43 5/28 5/22
Catches/stumpings -/- 2/– 3/– 2/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 April 2016

Mustafizur Rahman (born 6 September 1995) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He is specialized as a left-arm Fast bowler. He has taken the most wickets (13) in a debut One Day International series. He is the first player to win the ‘Man of the Match’ award on both Test as well as ODI debuts.

Rahman made his international cricket debut against Pakistan in the Twenty20 format in April 2015. Later that year, he played his first One Day International and Test matches against India and South Africa, respectively.

Before his international career, Rahman played in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He also represented Dhaka Dynamites in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League and representing Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 Indian Premier League, taking the award of Emerging Player for his debut season.

Early life

Mustafizur Rahman grew up in the small town of Shatkhira in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.[1] He is the youngest of Abul Qasem Gazi and Mahmuda Khatun's six children.[2] His father is an enthusiastic fan of cricket.[3] Rahman's interest in cricket rose when he started practicing the game 40 kilometers away from home every morning, with his brother Mokhlesur Rahman. This affected his education as he occasionally skipped study to play cricket.[2]

Prior to discovering his bowling talents, Rahman played as a batsman with a tennis ball.[4] According to him, he took inspiration from Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir, who is his idol.[5]

Youth career

In 2012, Rahman came to the capital Dhaka to try out for a fast-bowlers camp.[3] Prior to that, scouters first encountered him in an Under-17 tournament in his hometown.[4] He was admitted to the Bangladesh Cricket Board's foundation of fast bowling. Soon he was selected to the Bangladesh Under-19 side for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in UAE, where he took a total of eight wickets.[6]

Rahman started both his First-class cricket and List-A cricket from 2014, representing Khulna Division and Abahani Limited, respectively.[7] He was picked for Bangladesh A's tour of West Indies.[1]

Domestic career

Indian Premier League

In the Indian Premier League auction of the 2016 season, Rahman was drafted by Sunrisers Hyderabad.[8] He took 17 wickets in 16 matches in that tournament where Sunrisers Hyderabad won the title. He was named as "Emerging Player of the Tournament", being the first overseas player to receive this award.

Bangladesh Premier League

Rahman's professional Twenty20 career outside international cricket was the Bangladesh Premier League, where he played for Dhaka Dynamites in its 2015 season. He took 14 wickets in 10 matches in that tournament.[9]

NatWest T20 Blast

In March 2016, English side Sussex announced that they had signed Rahman as their second overseas player for the T20 Blast competition.[10] He picked up four wickets while giving away 23 runs in his debut match against Essex. After another match, he faced a shoulder surgery which sidelined him for six months. .[11]

Pakistan Super League

Mustafizur was selected by Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League.[12] The BCB was reluctant to let him play there.[13] However, the issue was resolved when Rahman got a shoulder injury in early 2016, thus preventing him from playing in the PSL.[14]

International career

Emergence

Mustafizur began his international career in a twenty overs match against Pakistan on 24 April 2015, where he took the wickets of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez, two veteran Pakistani batsmen.[15]

In June, India toured Bangladesh for one Test and three One Day Internationals. Rahman was picked in the ODI squad. In his first match of the series, Rahman gave signs of his potential against the strong Indian batting line-up by taking a five-wicket haul off 9.2 overs in the first match.[16][17] Bangladesh won the match and Rahman became the tenth bowler in the history of ODIs to take five wickets on debut.[18][19] In the second ODI, Rahman took another six wickets.[20][21] This helped him to earn the record of most wickets of any bowler after two ODIs, surpassing the record previously held by Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.[22][23] He completed the last ODI with 2 wickets and made history by taking 13 wickets in a three-match ODI series.[24][25]

The following month, Rahman took 5 wickets in three ODIs to help Bangladesh win the series against South Africa by 2–1.[26] He made his Test debut in the same series versus South Africa where he picked up 4 wickets.[27][28][29][30]

In the month of November, Bangladesh hosted Zimbabwe for three ODIs and two T20s. Rahman played a salient role in the ODI matches, taking a total of 8 wickets.[31] He captured his third five-wicket haul in the last game.[32] He could not contribute much in the T20 series, though he bowled economically, which resulted both sides sharing a win.[33] The next year in January, Bangladesh again played with Zimbabwe in four T20s. Rahman played in the first two matches, which they won. Shoulder injury prevented him playing the entire series.

Mustafizur made his return in the 2016 Asia Cup held in Bangladesh.[34] In the first match against India, he conceded forty runs in four overs without taking a wicket.[35] He took three wickets in the next two games against UAE and Sri Lanka, which resulted in his team winning both the games.[36][37] Then he was ruled out from rest of the series due to side strain. During the 2016 World Twenty20 held in India in March, he missed the Group Stage matches and the match against Pakistan in main round. In the three matches he played, he took nine wickets including a five wicket haul against New Zealand.[38]

Injury problems

While bowling in the second T20I against Zimbabwe in January 2016, Mustafizur injured his shoulder. Following that, he was dropped from the squad for the first time since debut.[39][40] During the Asia Cup held in the next month, he was again sidelined from the team due to his side strain.[41][42]

Playing style

Rahman achieved success in the beginning of his international career by bowling off cutters, a type of bowling which swings the ball away.[18][43] Rahman stated that he first discovered the technique after his fellow cricketer, Anamul Haque insisted him to bowl a slower delivery.

Others

Rahman was assisted by captain Mashrafe Mortaza to talk on post-match interview twice,[44][45] and on a press conference once.[46] Normally, he struggles to speak to the media and public.[47]

In his first ODI match, Rahman collided with the Indian batsman MS Dhoni on two occasions while Dhoni was taking runs. The incident cost both men to be fined post-match.[48]

Records and milestones

Mustafizur Rahman became the tenth bowler to take a five-wicket haul on ODI debut.[49] He achieved the records of taking the most wickets (11) as well as the fourth player to be awarded Man of the match in the first two starting ODI matches.[22][50][51]

Rahman took 13 wickets in a three-match bilateral ODI series, which is the highest as of 2016.[24][25] He is the first player to win Man of the Match awards on both Test and ODI debuts.[52]

The governing body of cricket, the International Cricket Council, included Rahman on the ICC ODI Team of the Year in 2015, recognizing him as one of the top cricketers of that year.[53] He is the first Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve this and the second to be selected for any ICC team after Shakib Al Hasan.[54]

International performances

One Day International five-wicket hauls

Mustafizur Rahman's One Day International five-wicket hauls
# Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 5/50 1  India Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium 2015 Won
2 6/43 2  India Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium 2015 Won
3 5/34 9  Zimbabwe Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium 2015 Won

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

Mustafizur Rahman's Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls
# Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 5/22 13  New Zealand India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2016 Lost

International awards

Test cricket

Man of the match awards

S No Series Season Match performance Result
1 1st Test – South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series 2015 1st innings: 17.4–6–37–4
2nd innings: 5–0–21–0		 Match drawn.[55]

One-Day International cricket

Man of the match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match performance Result
1 India Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 18 June 2015 9.2–1–50–5  Bangladesh won by 79 runs.[16]
2 India Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 21 June 2015 10–0–43–6  Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (D/L).[56]

Man of the series awards

# Series Season Series performance Result
1 India in Bangladesh 2015 13 wickets with 2 five-wicket hauls. avg. 11.53
9 runs. with avg. 9.00 ; 1 ct. (3 Matches)		  Bangladesh Won the series 2–1.[57]

See also

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Taskin Ahmed		 List of cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on ODI debut
(18 June 2015 Vs India) 		Succeeded by
Kagiso Rabada
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