Veteran Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah has introduced down the curtains on his illustrious T20I profession. The proper-handed batsman introduced his choice to retire from T20Is on Tuesday (October 8).
Addressing the media forward of the second T20I in opposition to Group India, Mahmudullah introduced that he would retire from the shortest format of the sport after the conclusion of the continuing three-match collection. He has been one of many longest-serving cricketers for Bangladesh in T20Is.
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The 38-year-old made his T20I debut manner again in 2007 in opposition to Kenya and has been an integral member of the group for the higher a part of his profession. He has the third-longest profession in T20Is after his compatriot Shakib Al Hasan and Zimbabwe’s Sean Williamson.
Mahmudullah’s profession in numbers:
Mahmudullah is one among Bangladesh’s most embellished gamers within the shortest format of the sport. No participant from Bangladesh has performed extra T20Is than him whereas just one participant has scored extra runs than him within the format.
The proper-handed batsman has performed 139 T20Is up to now and has scored 2395 runs with the assistance of eight half-centuries. Solely Shakib Al Hasan has scored extra runs than him in T20Is for Bangladesh. A useful spinner, Mahmudullah has additionally taken 40 wickets in T20Is.
His place within the T20I group has been underneath the scanner for fairly a while now. There have been calls from a number of quarters to drop him from the T20I facet after his poor show on this 12 months’s T20 World Cup the place he scored solely 95 runs in 7 video games.
Earlier than the beginning of the continuing India vs Bangladesh T20I collection, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto hinted that Mahmudullah is more likely to retire from the format quickly. Shanto acknowledged that the group would take a brand new method in T20Is and not directly acknowledged that the senior batter was more likely to cling up his boots.
Earlier in 2021, Mahmudullah had introduced his retirement from Exams too. He’s more likely to proceed enjoying ODIs for the Tigers. Within the 2023 World Cup, he was Bangladesh’s highest run-scorer and is unlikely to retire from the format quickly.
