Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

Bangladeshi international cricketer and politician

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Bengali: মাশরাফি বিন মুর্তজা) (born 5 October 1983 in Narail District, Jessore) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and politician. He made his test dubut in the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe without playing a One Day International. Mortaza captained his country in one Test and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 2009 and 2010. He was the captain of Dhaka Gladiators.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
মাশরাফি বিন মর্তুজা
Mashrafe in 2019
Personal information
Full nameMashrafe Bin Mortaza
Born (1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 41)
Narail District, Khulna, Bangladesh
NicknameMash,[1] Koushik,[2] Narail Express[3]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [4]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 19)8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last Test9 July 2009 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 53)23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI6 March 2020 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.2
Last T20I6 April 2017 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–presentKhulna Division
2009Kolkata Knight Riders
2012–2013Dhaka Gladiators
2015–2016Comilla Victorians
2017–presentRangpur Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 36 220 54 57
Runs scored 797 1,787 377 1,458
Batting average 12.86 13.74 13.46 15.68
100s/50s 0/3 0/1 0/0 1/6
Top score 79 51* 36 132*
Balls bowled 5,990 10,922 1,139 8,970
Wickets 78 270 42 135
Bowling average 41.52 32.93 36.36 35.06
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/60 6/26 4/19 4/27
Catches/stumpings 9/– 62/– 10/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 May 2020
Member of Parliament, Jatiya Sangsad
Assumed office
1 January 2019
Preceded byHafizur Rahman
ConstituencyNarail-2
Majority3,17,844 (2018)[5]
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyAwami League
Spouse(s)Sumona Haque Sumi [6]
Children2 (1 daughter, 1 son)
MotherHamida Mortaza
FatherGolam Mortaza
ResidenceDhaka, Bangladesh
EducationJahangirnagar University
Alma materBSc in Philosophy
OccupationPolitician, Cricketer
Net worthUS$ 1.5 million [7]
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Personal life

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Mortaza was born in the Narail District of Bangladesh. He completed his Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Narail Government High School in 2001 and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) from Narail Victoria College in 2003. Then he got himself admitted into Department of Philosophy at the Jahangirnagar University in 2003-04 for his bachelor's degree. [8]

Mortaza married Sumona Haque Sumi in 2006. Both they have a son and daughter.[6]

Reference

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  1. Mashrafe Mortaza (Mash), The Daily Star, 7 March 2020, retrieved 17 March 2020
  2. Mashrafe Mortaza andy Roberts, ESPN Cricinfo, retrieved 19 March 2019
  3. Mashrafe The Narail Express, ESPN Cricinfo, retrieved 31 March 2007
  4. Mashrafe Mortaza Profile, Mashrafe.Cricket, archived from the original on 16 October 2018, retrieved 31 March 2016
  5. "Narail-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mashrafe Mortaza love and marriage, Narail Kantho, archived from the original on 14 January 2019, retrieved 17 September 2018
  7. Mashrafe Mortaza net worth, Narail Kantho, retrieved 11 May 2019[permanent dead link]
  8. "Biography of Mashrafe Mortaza". The Manobkantha. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

Other websites

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