Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has been the captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. The summary discusses his career highlights including making his debut in 2001, becoming the vice-captain in 2007, being appointed captain in 2009, and struggling with recurring knee injuries which have caused him to miss significant time playing for Bangladesh.

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3. MASHRAFE – BIN - MORTAZA

4. Full name Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Born October 5, 1983, Norail,
Jessore
Current age 31 years 129 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Asia
XI, Dhaka Gladiators, Khulna
Division, Kolkata Knight Riders
Also known as Koushik
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-
medium

5. Mortaza was born in the district of Narail in south-west
Bangladesh. Although he enjoyed playing sports such
as football and badminton from a young age—
sometimes going swimming in the nearby River Chitra
instead of doing school work—Mortaza was more
interested in cricket as a youth, especially batting.
Despite this, his bowling is now his main attribute and
his pace has gained him the nickname of the "Narail
Express"

6. Mortaza has been
described as an open and
animated character who
enjoys motorcycling. He
used to travel from a local
bridge onto the tops of
passing goods barges. He
is very popular in his
home town, leading to him
being dubbed their "Prince
of Hearts". At Govt.
Victoria College, Narail,
Mortaza met Sumona
Haque Shumi, whom he
married in 2006. He has a
daughter now. His
daughter's name is
Humaira Mortaza.

7. The quintessential
country boy,
Mashrafe Bin
Mortaza epitomized
the term "bursting
onto the scene". He
first came into
attention during an
under-17 regional
tournament in 2001
when he bowled fast,
slammed sixes and
dived around without
a care in the world.

8. Mashrafe's entry also
sparked plenty of
enthusiasm because he
was the first genuine
fast bowler to emerge
from Bangladesh since
their entry into Test
cricket in 2000. He was
sent to a camp
conducted by West
Indian great Andy
Roberts, who
proclaimed that
Mashrafe had a great
future

9. He was sent to a camp
conducted by West Indian great
Andy Roberts, who proclaimed
that Mashrafe had a great
future.
After one match
for Bangladesh A
(to date his only
Bangladesh A
match), Mortaza
made
his Test debut on
8 November 2001
against Zimbabwe
in
the Bangabandhu
National
Stadium in Dhaka

10. Mortaza opened the bowling
with Mohammad Manjural
Islam and took 4 wickets for
106 runs (also written as
4/106) as Zimbabwe did not
bat a second time. His first,
also known as "maiden",
Test wicket was that
of Grant Flower. Unusually
the match was also
Mortaza's maiden first-
class match; he was the 31st
person to have achieved
this, and the third since
1899.

11. Mortaza also made his
first appearance for
Bangladesh's one day
team on 23 November
2001 along with fellow
debutants Fahim
Muntasir and Tushar
Imran. Opening the
bowling
with Mohammad Sharif,
Mortaza finished
with figures of 2/26
from 8.2 over's

12. After the Test series
against Zimbabwe and one
against New Zealand,
Mortaza missed the series
against Pakistan in January
2002 as he was suffering
from a back injury. While
recovering, Mortaza
suffered a knee injury while
skipping and required an
operation. As a result, he
was unable to play cricket
for a further eight months.
At this stage of his career,
Mortaza had played four
Tests and taken 12 wickets
at an average of 31.16.

13. Mortaza did not
return to
international
cricket until
the 2003 World
Cup in South
Africa during
2003. Bangladesh
failed to progress
past the round-
robin stage, and
Mortaza played in
two matches
collecting two
wickets at an
average of 38.00.

14. In October and November
2003, England toured Bangladesh
for two-Tests and three ODIs. In
the second Test, Mortaza took what
at the time was his best Test figures
of 4/60 before succumbing to
injury, collapsing with a twisted
knee after delivering the ball.
Mortaza finished the series with
8 wickets at an average of
21.25. As a result, he was again
out of international cricket; this
time for over a year. Injuries in
the first three years of his
international career saw Mortaza
only play 12 Tests and not more
than four in a row

15. Mashrafe has missed
more games for
Bangladesh than he has
played ever since his
2001 debut. He has had
seven operations on his
legs, knees and ankles,
which have taking a
beating - first due to poor
handling by captains who
gave him long and ill-
adviced bowling spells,
and then due to freakish
accidents.
After many missed games
in between the odd fiery
spell, Mashrafe rose to
prominence in 2004,
when he helped
Bangladesh beat India
for the first time.

17. In January 2005 Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh,
playing two Tests and five ODIs. Bangladesh
won the Test series one Test to nil, their first
series victory in Test cricket. In addition,
Bangladesh's victory in the first Test at the MA
Aziz Stadium was their first Test win. In the
final innings of the first match, Mortaza took
the ninth wicket and with victory imminent he
struggled to bowl the next ball and had to wipe
away tears and regain his composure before
starting his run up. Despite a sore back in the
second Test, Mortaza continued to bowl. In the
two Tests, Mortaza scored 93 runs at an
average of 31.00 and took nine wickets at an
average of 24.88. In a close ODI series,
Bangladesh won 3–2 after being 2–0
down, Mortaza played in four matches and took
four wickets at an average of 40.00.

18. Mortaza enhanced his
reputation on Bangladesh's
inaugural tour of England, and
was the team's leading bowler,
although his team lost the two-
match Test series 2–0. He was
by far the most economical of
the Bangladeshi bowlers,
conceding on average nearly
half a run less per over than
the next best bowler. Mortaza
finished the series with four
wickets at 49.50 and was the
team's leading wicket taker. He
consistently troubled the
English batsmen, repeatedly
beating the bat.

19. A ODI tri-series followed in
which Bangladesh
recorded their maiden win
against Australia.
Mortaza's bowling was
important in Bangladesh's
huge upset against
Australia in Cardiff,
removing Adam
Gilchrist for a duck and
conceding 33 runs from 10
overs as Bangladesh won
by five wickets. At the end
of the tour, Mortaza was
described as "Bangladesh's
solitary cutting edge",
underlining how important
his bowling is to the team

20. In September 2005 a back
injury meant that Mortaza had
to return home
from Bangladesh's tour of Sri
Lanka before the start of the
first Test. It was the sixth
time he had been sent home
in the middle of a series. The
injury—a type of stress
fracture expected to take
between six and twelve weeks
to heal—saw Mortaza unable
to play any cricket for several
months. He returned to the
Bangladesh side in February
2006 for a series of ODIs
against Sri Lanka

21. Bangladesh faced Kenya in three ODIs,
winning them all. Mortaza was
instrumental in the second victory,
coming in with the score on 120/7
chasing 185 to win. He guided his team
home with an 43 not out, farming the
strike to protect the Bangladesh
tail. Mortaza took career best bowling
figures of 6/26 from his 10 over's in the
final ODI, ensuring Bangladesh were
chasing a low target. His figures are also
the best in ODIs by any Bangladesh
cricketer. In the calendar year of 2006
Mortaza was the world's highest wicket
taker in ODIs, collecting 49 wickets. The
haul was the most ever in a calendar year
by a Bangladeshi, and 17th most for
anyone.

22. In a freak accident shortly before the 2006
ICC Champions Trophy, Mortaza sprained
his ankle on the stairs at home. As a result,
he was ruled out of the warm up matches
before the tournament which was held on
October. Mortaza recovered in time to play
in all three of Bangladesh's matches,
taking two wickets at 50.50, as Bangladesh
failed to progress beyond the first round.

23. In February 2007,
Bangladesh again
toured Zimbabwe for
a one day series, this
time as a prelude to
the 2007 World Cup.
Bangladesh won the
four match series 3–
1, and Mortaza
finished as
Bangladesh's leading
wicket-taker with 8
wickets at 16.50.

24. 2007 World Cup
AGAINST
NZ
When Bangladesh
beat New Zealand
in a warm-up
match before the
World Cup,
Mortaza produced
what was
described as a
"fine all-round
display". He took
four wickets and
scored an
unbeaten 30 off
16 balls to ensure
victory by two
wickets.

25. He was also the man of
the match in
Bangladesh's victory
over India during the
group stage of the 2007
World Cup, taking 4/38;
at the time they were
the best figures by a
Bangladesh bowler at a
World Cup. Bangladesh
progressed to the second
round of the tournament,
and Mortaza played in all
nine of the team's
matches, taking nine
wickets at an average of
35.88

26. Shortly after the World Cup, India
toured Bangladesh for two Test
matches and three ODIs.
Bangladesh lost the Test series 1–0,
but Mortaza finished as both the
team's leading run-scorer and
wicket-taker with 151 runs at 50.33
with two fifties—including his
maiden Test half-century—and
6 wickets at 38.33. Bangladesh lost
the ODI series 2–0. After Habibul
Bashar stepped down from
Bangladesh's one day
captaincy, Mohammad Ashraful was
appointed the team captain in all
forms of cricket on 2 June 2007. On
the same day, it was announced that
Mortaza was the new vice-captain.

27. At the
inaugural World
Twenty20, held in
South Africa in
September 2007,
Mortaza took two
wickets at 80.00
and scored 35 runs
at 8.75 in five
matches as
Bangladesh
progressed to the
second stage of the
tournament

28. Ireland toured Ban
gladesh in March
2008; during the
tour Mortaza and
two other
Bangladesh players
faced disciplinary
action for missing a
practice
session. Banglades
h were undefeated
in the three-match
ODI series, with
Mortaza collecting
four wickets at
22.75 and a man of
the match award

29. In August and September 2008, Bangladesh toured
Australia for three ODIs. Before the ODIs started,
Mortaza was struggling with his persistent knee
injury. Bangladesh lost all three matches, and
although not missing a match, Mortaza failed to
take a wicket. After the series, doctors examined
the knee and identified a collection of fluid in
Mortaza's left knee. He was told that he can
continue bowling for up to a year, but then he will
require minor surgery to drain the fluid. The
operation would keep him from playing cricket for
six to eight weeks. In September 2008, Mortaza
was approached by the Indian Cricket League to
join the newly formed Dhaka Warriors. The league
was not legitimate according to the ICC, whose
lead was followed by the Bangladesh Cricket
Board (BCB), and the 13 players who chose to join
were given 10-year bans by the BCB. Mortaza
turned down the offer, asserting that his main
priority was to play for Bangladesh.

30. When New
Zealand toured
Bangladesh in
October 2008,
Mortaza was part of
Bangladesh's maiden
ODI victory against
New Zealand. He took
4/44 as his team won
by seven wickets
In the two-match
Test series which
followed, Mortaza
took three wickets at
an average of 28.33
and scored 92 runs
at an average of
30.66 as Bangladesh
lost the series 1–0.

31. In June 2009,
the BCB
relieved
Ashraful of the
captaincy so
that he could
focus on his
batting and
Mortaza was
appointed
captain for the
tours of the
West Indies
and Zimbabwe

32. In July
2009, Bangladesh
toured the West
Indies. Mortaza's
captaincy was off to a
winning start in his
first Test in charge
when Bangladesh beat
the West Indies.
However, he injured
his knee and was
unable to take to the
field on the final day,
leaving Shakib Al
Hasan to assume the
captaincy and lead the
team to a historic win;
it was their first
against the West
Indies, their first
overseas Test victory,
and only their second
Test win.

33. Mortaza's injury prevented
him from taking part in the
remainder of the tour and
his replacement, Shakib Al
Hasan, led Bangladesh to a
2–0 and 3–0 victories in the
Test and ODI series
respectively. He also missed
zimbabwe series due to
injury.

34. Once his knee had recovered,
Mortaza suffered another
setback when he was prevented
playing against New Zealand in
February 2010 due to a
fever. Mortaza made his
comeback from injury in a
match for Bangladesh Cricket
Board XI against England during
their tour of Bangladesh.
Following the match, he
commented that he had no
interest in regaining the
captaincy as in his opinion
Shakib Al Hasan had done a
good job. He also said that if his
injury problems persisted he
would contemplate retiring from
Test cricket to focus on ODIs
and T20s

35. Mashrafe failed to make
good performance
against England. He lost
his previous
performance. He
continued to struggle
form form in Asia cup
2010. In July 2010
playing away series
against England , he
regained the captaincy ,
he led his team to
victory over England in
any form of wicket
though bangladesh lost
the series by 2-1.

36. In the opening
game of
Bangladesh's
five-match ODI
series
against New
Zealand in
October 2010,
Mortaza suffered
an ankle injury.
As a result, he
was unable to
play again in the
series

37. While batting for Abahani
in a Dhaka Premier
Division League match in
December, Mortaza
suffered a tear of his knee
ligament. When the injury
meant he was omitted
from Bangladesh's 15-man
squad for the 2011 World
Cup in February, Mortaza
said that it was "the most
painful day" of his life.He
even burst into tears
infront of the news channel
reporters. He hoped to
recover in time, and when
it was announced that
Mortaza had not been
included in the World Cup
squad there was rioting in
Bangladesh and in one
place a half-day strike

38. Mortaza was recalled to
the squad to face
Australia in three ODIs in
April. He finished as the
team's leading wicket-
taker with five wickets at
an average of 29.00 from
two matches Mortaza
took his 150th ODI wicket
with the dismissal
of Callum Ferguson

39. The knee injury
incurred in
December before
World cup required
surgery which was
deferred until May;
the operation left
him unable to play
cricket until at least
October

40. The Bangladesh Cricket
Board founded the six-
team Bangladesh Premier
League in 2012, a twenty20
tournament to be held in
February that year. An auction
was held for teams to buy
players, and Mortaza was
bought by the Dhaka
Gladiators for $45,000. On his
return to competitive cricket
Mortaza was made captain of
Dhaka Gladiators. Before the
tournament had started, he
reported to have been
approached with a request to
participate in spot-fixing. Led
by Mortaza, who took ten
wickets from eleven
matches, Dhaka won the BPL's
inaugural season

41. When the BCB announced its central contracts
for 2012 in March, Mortaza retained his top
level contract. He took six wickets playing four
matches in Asia cup 2012 hosted by
Bangladesh.

42. He also acted as captain
in BPL 2013 for Dhaka
Gladiators.
Led by Mortaza,
Dhaka Gladiators
won the title
second time in a
row.

43. He made a
reasonable
performance
against West
indies series in
2012 . He played
against
Newzealand in
2013 in which he
made a good
performance.

44. In 2014
against
srilanka , he
was selected
as a captain
as Mushfiqur
rahim was
injured.

45. After having a bad
performance in
ICC T20 World
Cup, BCB selected
Mashrafe Bin
Mortaza for ODI
and T20 captain .
He led his team to
victory over
Zimbabwe by 5-0
in ODI , which
won him to retain
a place of
leadership in ICC
Cricket World Cup
2015 .

46. Mashrafe taking the trophy
from Bangladesh PM after
defeating Zimbabwe by 5-0 .

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