Bangladesh’s star cricketer Mahmudullah performed an amazing feat in his debut match to give his country a historic win.
Feb 04, 2023 | 6:54 AM
Former Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah is celebrating his 37th birthday today i.e. 4th February 2022. This player played a very important role in the history of Bangladesh cricket. He gave his country a historic victory on foreign soil.
Mahmudullah made his ODI debut in 2007. At the same time, two years later, he got the chance to play his first match in the white jersey. He left no chance to exploit this opportunity. He has already taken 8 wickets in the match.
At that time, the Bangladesh team was on a tour of the West Indies. The first match of this series is scheduled to be played in Kingston. Batting first, Bangladesh managed to score only 238 runs. With this, West Indies made 307 runs. Mohammadullah took three wickets in the first innings. West Indies have a target of 276 runs in the second innings.
The target is not a big one for West Indies. However, Mahmudullah changed the course of the match with his brilliant bowling. He took 5 wickets in the second innings. Due to this the West Indies team was bowled out for just 181 runs. This is Bangladesh’s first Test win on foreign soil.
Mahmudullah scored 2914 runs and took 43 wickets in 50 matches. Talking about ODI format, this star batsman scored 4879 runs and took 82 wickets in 215 matches.