Mostafiz the Cutter Master -- টাইমস অব ইন্ডিয়ার বর্ষসেরাতে মুস্তাফিজ ||

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Nineteen-year-old Mustafizur Rahman grabbed attention during India's tour of Bangladesh when he became the second bowler in ODI history after Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori to pick up two five-wicket hauls in his first two matches. In fact, he is the only bowler to take a total of 11 wickets in his first two games. In his 3rd ODI against India, he took 2 wickets and made history by taking 13 wickets in a 3-match ODI series.

Rahman, who has been playing cricket from a very young age, was first spotted by scouts from Satkhira and picked him up to play in the Under-17 tournaments before calling him up for pace bowling camps in Dhaka. His obvious talent did not take long to get noticed and before he knew it he became a regular part of Bangladesh's Under-19 squad. He represented Bangladesh in the Under-19 World Cup in 2014 and picked up 9 wickets in six matches. His first-class debut came in the 2013-14 season as well for Khulna and he started giving commendable performances, thus sealing his spot in the team. He finished the first-class season with 26 wickets at an average of 19.08.

Mustafizur made his international debut in a one-off T20 match against Pakistan and picked up two wickets, that of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez.

He was handed the ODI cap in the series against India and instantly impressed with his accuracy and variations. Mustafizur made his Test debut against South Africa in July 2015. He picked up four wickets in his first match and became the first player to win 'Man of the Match' award on both Test as well as One Day International debuts.

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Tests	2	2	136	58	4	37/4	58/4	2.64	14.5	34	0	0
ODI	9	9	452	321	26	43/6	43/6	4.28	12.35	17.38	3	0
T20I	13	13	308	307	22	22/5	22/5	6.02	13.95	14	1	0
IPL	16	16	366	421	17	16/3	16/3	6.9	24.76	21.53	0

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/-