Nafis Almas Siam After retiring from Twenty20 Internationals, when people will look back on Mushfiqur Rahim’s 16-year career in this format, they will remember him more for the runs he could not score rather than for the runs he scored. Mushfiq ended his T20I career with the Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, with 102 ... Read more
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Mushfiqur retires from T20Is
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh’s veteran wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. The announcement came from its official Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. Mushfiqur’s Facebook post read: “As salaa mualaikum to all, hope you are doing well. “I have been grateful to have you all beside me throughout my long ... Read more
Liton, Mushfiq move up in ICC Test rankings
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das has made valuable gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after his fine performance in their drawn first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram, revealed ICC in a press release on Wednesday. Liton has moved up three places to 17th after notching 88 in Bangladesh’s only
Mushfiqur Rahim to miss West Indies tour hajj pilgrimage
BCB has granted leave to Bangladesh veteran batter Mushfiqur Rahim for upcoming West Indies tour, so that he can perform hajj in July. “Mushfiqur wrote an application for a leave to attend this year’s Hajj a month ago ahead of the Sri Lanka series but nothing was official. However, the
Mushfiq relishes ‘best chance’ to beat Aussies
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday that his team will get no better chance to make their mark against Australia when they take on the side in a two-Test series next month. Australia named a 15-man squad for the series with two uncapped players and a few other greenhorns following the retirement of ... Read more
Aussies same with or without Johnson, says Mushfiq
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Thursday that the prospect of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazelwood missing the forthcoming two-Test series in Bangladesh would not give them any advantage. Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald quoting Cricket Australia’s team performance manager Pat Howard informed
Cook below Mushfiqur
Bangladesh has been doing well recently, with their ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza galvanising the unit. While the team was flourishing in the one-day format, it felt like Mushfiqur Rahim’s contributions were undermined, but the Telegraph of the United Kingdom set that right when they ranked the Test skipper as the fourth best current captain. In ... Read more
Mushfiq may not keep wickets in India Test
Bangladesh’s Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim may have to rest his keeping gloves in the lone Test match against India in order to give him more time to heal his wounds, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Monday. India is set to start their campaign against Tigers with a Test match at Fatullah from ... Read more
Mushfiq crowned as the fittest Tiger
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim turned out to be the fittest Tiger as national team contenders began their preparation for the upcoming home series against India with a two-day fitness test on Wednesday. All the members of the 23-member preliminary squad were present except Rubel Hossain and Sabbir Rahman reported to national team trainer Mario Villavarayan
Mushfiq’s captaincy secured for now
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim can be rest assured that his captaincy won’t be taken away in 2015, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday. Mushfiq’s captaincy came under scrutiny during the recently concluded two-match Test series against Pakistan. The decision to bat first in the second Test match where wickets turned out
Mirpur awaits a final thriller
Before the second Test in Dhaka, Mushfiqur Rahim and Misbah-ul Haq agreed on at least two points in their pre-match briefing at Mirpur on Tuesday. Firstly, the wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla has something for the bowlers unlike the first Test in Khulna, which had yielded 1515 runs in five days. So, a result in favour of ... Read more
Mushfiq mum on fixing saga
National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim kept mum regarding the ongoing match-fixing saga that had shocked the people of the whole country since it came to light this week. ‘It is an issue on which I wish not to make any comments,’ Mushfiq told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. ‘We try to play with ... Read more
Lack of support prompts Mushfiq to quit
Lack of cooperation from the key players that hindered the team-work prompted national captain Mushfiqur Rahim to resign, revealed Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Thursday. Mushfiq left the entire cricket fraternity shell-shocked
Mushfiq oozes confidence
15-member Bangladesh squad depart for Zimbabwe Bangladesh will look to cash in on the low confidence of the Zimbabwean cricketers after the Southern African country’s below-par performance against the West Indies recently, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim on Wednesday. Bangladesh boarded for Zimbabwe to feature in a two-match Test series,
Mushfiq wants Tigers to carry momentum in Zimbabwe
A confident looking Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is expecting to settle the score with Zimbabwe in their forthcoming tour beginning from mid-April by taking forward the performance and consistency displayed by the team in the recently concluded tour of Sri Lanka. The national cricketers returned home from Sri Lanka on Tuesday with
It’s party time for Tigers
Mushfiqur Rahim faced some harsh criticism for his refusal to light the candles at the team hotel in Hambantota where Bangladesh played the first two one-dayers of the series. It can be debated if the criticism is fair or not as Mushfiq has some valid reasons to speak for him. He was exhausted after a ... Read more
Mushfiqur to keep leading
BCB announces list of contracted players Mushfiqur Rahim has been retained as captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Mahmudullah Riyad will continue as his deputy for the upcoming tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the BCB’s (Bangladesh Cricket Board) ad-hoc executive committee at the ... Read more
‘Batting issues mental’
In Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s view Pakistan and West Indies are the favourites in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20. The logic behind his position is that the two sides have more match-winners than other teams in the competition and this is a special strength which will help the teams to win matches in
Mushfiq, Nasir begins SLPL journey today
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Nasir Hossain are expected to have a new experience when their franchise Nagenahira Nagas take on Ruhuna Royals in the opening match of the Sri Lankan Premier League’s inaugural edition at the Premadasa stadium today. Apart from playing the Bangladesh Premier League the duo had not been a part ... Read more
Mushfiq retains captaincy
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) retained Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Ryad as captain and vice-captain in the upcoming ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, slated to start from September 17. The decision was taken during the executive meeting of board on Wednesday where the BCB took some other crucial decisions. As the controversial agreement with