Personal information
Full name Mustafizur Rahman
Born 6 September 1995 (age 20)
Satkhira , Khulna, Bangladesh
Nickname Mustafiz, The Fizz, Cutter Master
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 78 ) 21 July 2015 v South Africa
Last Test 30 July 2015 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 118) 18 June 2015 v India
Last ODI 11 November 2015 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 90
T20I debut (cap 44 ) 24 April 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I 26 March 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2014–Present Khulna Division
2016–Present Mohammedan Sporting Club
2015–Present Dhaka Dynamites
2016-Present Lahore Qalandars
2016–Present Sunrisers Hyderabad
2016–Present Sussex County Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20I
Matches 2 9 15 13
Runs scored 3 15 26 8
Batting average 3.00 7.50 4.33 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3 9 14 6
Balls bowled 136 452 1962 308
Wickets 4 26 44 22
Bowling average 14.50 12.34 18.38 13.95
5 wickets in innings – 3 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/37 6/43 5/28 5/22
Catches/ stumpings -/- 2/– 3/– 2/-
Mustafizur Rahman (born 6 September 1995) is a
Bangladeshi international cricketer . He is specialized as a
left-arm Fast bowler . He has taken the most wickets (13) in
a debut One Day International series. He is the first player
to win the ‘Man of the Match’ award on both Test as well as
ODI debuts. He trained at the prestigious MRF PACE
ACADEMY
Rahman made his international cricket debut against
Pakistan in the Twenty20 format in April 2015. Later that
year, he played his first One Day International and Test
matches against India and South Africa , respectively.
Before his international career, Rahman played in the 2014
Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He also represented Dhaka
Dynamites in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League and
representing Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 Indian Premier
League , taking the award of Emerging Player for his debut
season.
Early life
Mustafizur Rahman grew up in the small town of Shatkhira
in Khulna Division , Bangladesh .[1] He is the youngest of
Abul Qasem Gazi and Mahmuda Khatun's six children.[2]
His father is an enthusiastic fan of cricket. [3] Rahman's
interest in cricket rose when he started practicing the game
40 kilometers away from home every morning, with his
brother Mokhlesur Rahman. This affected his education as
he occasionally skipped study to play cricket.[2]
Prior to discovering his bowling talents, Rahman played as a
batsman with a tennis ball .[4] According to him, he took
inspiration from Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir , who is
his idol. [5]
Youth and domestic career
In 2012, Rahman came to the capital Dhaka to try out for a
fast-bowlers camp. [3] Prior to that, scouters first
encountered him in an Under-17 tournament in his
hometown. [4] He was admitted to the Bangladesh Cricket
Board 's foundation of fast bowling. Soon he was selected
to the Bangladesh Under-19 side for the 2014 Under-19
Cricket World Cup in UAE, where he took a total of eight
wickets .[6]
Rahman started both his First-class cricket and List-A
cricket from 2014, representing Khulna Division and Abahani
Limited , respectively.[7] He was picked for Bangladesh A's
tour of West Indies.[1]
Domestic career
Indian Premier League
In the Indian Premier League auction of the 2016 season,
Rahman was drafted by Sunrisers Hyderabad . [8] He took 17
wickets in 16 matches in that tournament where Sunrisers
Hyderabad won the title. He was named as "Emerging
Player of the Tournament", being the first overseas player to
receive this award.
Bangladesh Premier League
Rahman's professional Twenty20 career outside
international cricket was the Bangladesh Premier League ,
where he played for Dhaka Dynamites in its 2015 season.
He took 14 wickets in 10 matches in that tournament. [9]
NatWest T20 Blast
In March 2016, English side Sussex announced that they
had signed Rahman as their second overseas player for the
T20 Blast competition. [10]
Pakistan Super League
Mustafizur was selected by Lahore Qalandars in the
Pakistan Super League .[11] The BCB was reluctant to let
him play there. [12] However, the issue was resolved when
Rahman got a shoulder injury in early 2016, thus preventing
him from playing in the PSL. [13]
International career
Emergence
Mustafizur began his international career in a twenty overs
match against Pakistan on 24 April 2015, where he took the
wickets of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez , two
veteran Pakistani batsmen .[14]
In June, India toured Bangladesh for one Test and three
One Day Internationals. Rahman was picked in the ODI
squad. In his first match of the series, Rahman gave signs
of his potential against the strong Indian batting line-up by
taking a five-wicket haul off 9.2 overs in the first match. [15]
[16] Bangladesh won the match and Rahman became the
tenth bowler in the history of ODIs to take five wickets on
debut. [17][18] In the second ODI, Rahman took another six
wickets. [19][20] This helped him to earn the record of most
wickets of any bowler after two ODIs, surpassing the record
previously held by Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori .[21][22] He
completed the last ODI with 2 wickets and made history by
taking 13 wickets in a three-match ODI series. [23][24]
The following month, Rahman took 5 wickets in three ODIs
to help Bangladesh win the series against South Africa by
2–1. [25] He made his Test debut in the same series versus
South Africa where he picked up 4 wickets. [26][27][28][29]
In the month of November, Bangladesh hosted Zimbabwe
for three ODIs and two T20s. Rahman played a salient role
in the ODI matches, taking a total of 8 wickets. [30] He
captured his third five-wicket haul in the last game. [31] He
could not contribute much in the T20 series, though he
bowled economically, which resulted both sides sharing a
win. [32] The next year in January, Bangladesh again played
with Zimbabwe in four T20s. Rahman played in the first two
matches, which they won. Shoulder injury prevented him
playing the entire series.
Mustafizur made his return in the 2016 Asia Cup held in
Bangladesh. [33] In the first match against India, he
conceded forty runs in four overs without taking a wicket.
[34] He took three wickets in the next two games against
UAE and Sri Lanka, which resulted in his team winning both
the games. [35][36] Then he was ruled out from rest of the
series due to side strain . During the 2016 World Twenty20
held in India in March, he missed the Group Stage matches
and the match against Pakistan in main round. In the three
matches he played, he took nine wickets including a five
wicket haul against New Zealand.[37]
Injury problems
While bowling in the second T20I against Zimbabwe in
January 2016, Mustafizur injured his shoulder. Following
that, he was dropped from the squad for the first time since
debut. [38][39] During the Asia Cup held in the next month,
he was again sidelined from the team due to his side strain .
[40][41]
Playing style
Rahman achieved success in the beginning of his
international career by bowling off cutters , a type of bowling
which swings the ball away. [17][42] Rahman stated that he
first discovered the technique after his fellow cricketer,
Anamul Haque insisted him to bowl a slower delivery. [3][43]
Personal and disciplinary
issues
Rahman was assisted by captain Mashrafe Mortaza to talk
on post-match interview twice, [44][45] and on a press
conference once. [46] Normally, he struggles to speak to the
media and public. [47]
In his first ODI match, Rahman collided with the Indian
batsman MS Dhoni on two occasions while Dhoni was
taking runs. The incident cost both men to be fined post-
match. [48]
Records and milestones
Mustafizur Rahman became the tenth bowler to take a five-
wicket haul on ODI debut. [49] He achieved the records of
taking the most wickets (11) as well as the fourth player to
be awarded Man of the match in the first two starting ODI
matches. [21][50][51]
Rahman took 13 wickets in a three-match bilateral ODI
series, which is the highest as of 2016. [23][24] He is the first
player to win Man of the Match awards on both Test and
ODI debuts. [52]
The governing body of cricket, the International Cricket
Council , included Rahman on the ICC ODI Team of the Year
in 2015, recognizing him as one of the top cricketers of that
year. [53] He is the first Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve this
and the second to be selected for any ICC team after
Shakib Al Hasan .[54]
International performances
One Day International five-wicket
hauls
Mustafizur Rahman's One Day International five-wick
# Figures Match Against City/
Country Venue
1 5/50 1 India Dhaka ,
Bangladesh
Sher-e-
Bangla
National
Cricket
Stadium
2 6/43 2 India Dhaka ,
Bangladesh
Sher-e-
Bangla
National
Cricket
Stadium
3 5/34 9 Zimbabwe Dhaka ,
Bangladesh
Sher-e-
Bangla
National
Cricket
Stadium
Twenty20 International five-wicket
hauls
Mustafizur Rahman's Twenty20 International five-wicke
hauls
# Figures Match Against City/
Country Venue Year Re
1 5/22 13 New
Zealand Kolkata ,
India
Eden
Gardens 2016 Lo
International awards
Test cricket
Man of the match awards
S
No Series Season Match
performance Result
1
1st Test – South
Africa in
Bangladesh Test
Series
2015
1st innings:
17.4–6–37–4
2nd innings:
5–0–21–0
Match
drawn.
[55]
One-Day International cricket
Man of the match awards
S
No Opponent Venue Date Match
performance Result
1 India
Sher-e-
Bangla
National
Cricket
Stadium ,
Dhaka
18
June
2015
9.2–1–50–
5
Bangla
won by 79 ru
[15]
2 India
Sher-e-
Bangla
National
Cricket
Stadium ,
Dhaka
21
June
2015
10–0–43–6
Bangla
won by 6
wickets (D/
[56]
Man of the series awards
# Series Season Series
performance Result
1 India in
Bangladesh 2015
13 wickets
with 2 five-
wicket hauls.
avg. 11.53
9 runs. with
avg. 9.00 ; 1
ct. (3
Matches)
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