BANGLADESH SUPERSTAR AND BRAVE HEART – THE ONE AND ONLY MASHRAFE MORTAZA - PLAYER TO WATCH FOR KKR IN IPL
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is one of five God’s Gifts to Bangladesh in Cricket, the other four being Ashraful, Tamim, Saqib and Raqibul.
He was fortunate to be under the tutelage of one the great West Indian pace bowlers of the past-Andy Roberts who taught him tricks of his trade in 2001 which subsequently helped him to become not only the Premier bowler but a good All Rounder as well.
One of his great quality is that he delivers when it matters most.
One has seen time and again that when our brittle opener(s) and top order crumbled Mashrafe along with the exceptionally talented Saqib came to the rescue of the team and took it to a respectable position.
He made both One day and Test debut against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in 2001-02.
If Ashraful was responsible for engineering memorable victories for Bangladesh from batting aspect, Mashrafe was the master architect as a bowler.
A case in point would be his key role in our stunning win against India in the world cup one dayer in 2007 where Mashrafe took 4 wickets for 38 runs from 9.3 overs.
He was the man who made initial strikes bowling Sehwag all ends up in the second over and subsequently removing danger man Robin Uthappa.
He got rid of Ajit Agarkar in his second spell and finished off in style in the final over by removing Munaf Patel.
He deservedly won the Man of the Match Award for his match winning performance.
In the match against the redoubtable South Africa he could not do much with the ball.
However he more than made up with a cavalier knock of 25 runs from only 16 balls and clouting 3 majestic fours and 1 towering six that really helped Bangladesh to put up a match winning total.
Back at home against India he excelled both with the bat and ball.
One of the significant innings that he played was in the 2nd one dayer against India where he made a memorable 42 that included 4 sixes in one over and in which he amassed 26 runs from the bowling of Dinesh Mongia which by the way is a Bangladesh record for most runs in an over.
He also batted splendidly against India in the tests scoring priceless innings of 79 in the first test and another 70 in the second one.
During that series he became Bangladesh's top scorer of runs as well as joint highest in wickets in the series and in the process established himself as an all rounder.
One of the key milestones of his career is that in the calendar year 2006 he became the highest wicket taker in ODIs, taking 49 wickets which is a great achievement for him and Bangladesh as well.
His best bowing figures is 6 wickets for 26 runs against Kenya in 2006 at Nairobi.
Quite rightly he has been rewarded with the mantle of Vice Captaincy.
Of late under Bowling Coach Champaka he has shown mark improvement as reflected in his performance with the ball against New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe.
No wonder he was bought for $600,000 by Shah Rukh Khan for KKR.
In a very recent local Premier Division Cricket League match he plundered 69 runs of 33 balls with 4 fours and 7 sixes with a staggering SR of 209.09 which augurs well for him in the context of the impending IPL that is going to start soon in South Africa.
We are up for some fireworks from Mash in South Africa and I am very confident that with his aggressive and never say die attitude towards the game he will live upto expectations.
The entire nation and his fans all over the world will be watching for Mash Magic.
Good Luck Mash!
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is one of five God’s Gifts to Bangladesh in Cricket, the other four being Ashraful, Tamim, Saqib and Raqibul.
He was fortunate to be under the tutelage of one the great West Indian pace bowlers of the past-Andy Roberts who taught him tricks of his trade in 2001 which subsequently helped him to become not only the Premier bowler but a good All Rounder as well.
One of his great quality is that he delivers when it matters most.
One has seen time and again that when our brittle opener(s) and top order crumbled Mashrafe along with the exceptionally talented Saqib came to the rescue of the team and took it to a respectable position.
He made both One day and Test debut against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in 2001-02.
If Ashraful was responsible for engineering memorable victories for Bangladesh from batting aspect, Mashrafe was the master architect as a bowler.
A case in point would be his key role in our stunning win against India in the world cup one dayer in 2007 where Mashrafe took 4 wickets for 38 runs from 9.3 overs.
He was the man who made initial strikes bowling Sehwag all ends up in the second over and subsequently removing danger man Robin Uthappa.
He got rid of Ajit Agarkar in his second spell and finished off in style in the final over by removing Munaf Patel.
He deservedly won the Man of the Match Award for his match winning performance.
In the match against the redoubtable South Africa he could not do much with the ball.
However he more than made up with a cavalier knock of 25 runs from only 16 balls and clouting 3 majestic fours and 1 towering six that really helped Bangladesh to put up a match winning total.
Back at home against India he excelled both with the bat and ball.
One of the significant innings that he played was in the 2nd one dayer against India where he made a memorable 42 that included 4 sixes in one over and in which he amassed 26 runs from the bowling of Dinesh Mongia which by the way is a Bangladesh record for most runs in an over.
He also batted splendidly against India in the tests scoring priceless innings of 79 in the first test and another 70 in the second one.
During that series he became Bangladesh's top scorer of runs as well as joint highest in wickets in the series and in the process established himself as an all rounder.
One of the key milestones of his career is that in the calendar year 2006 he became the highest wicket taker in ODIs, taking 49 wickets which is a great achievement for him and Bangladesh as well.
His best bowing figures is 6 wickets for 26 runs against Kenya in 2006 at Nairobi.
Quite rightly he has been rewarded with the mantle of Vice Captaincy.
Of late under Bowling Coach Champaka he has shown mark improvement as reflected in his performance with the ball against New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe.
No wonder he was bought for $600,000 by Shah Rukh Khan for KKR.
In a very recent local Premier Division Cricket League match he plundered 69 runs of 33 balls with 4 fours and 7 sixes with a staggering SR of 209.09 which augurs well for him in the context of the impending IPL that is going to start soon in South Africa.
We are up for some fireworks from Mash in South Africa and I am very confident that with his aggressive and never say die attitude towards the game he will live upto expectations.
The entire nation and his fans all over the world will be watching for Mash Magic.
Good Luck Mash!
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