Mahmudullah Riyad retires from T20I cricket

The third and final T20 of the series in Hyderabad on October 12 will seemingly be his final match in this format.

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08 October, 2024, 05:35 pm

Last modified: 08 October, 2024, 05:37 pm

In 2021, Mahmudullah Riyad acknowledged goodbye to the longest format by returning to the Test team with a century. Nonetheless this time he has acknowledged goodbye to every other format by asserting it at a press conference. 38-yr-extinct Mahmudullah equipped his retirement from global T20 on Tuesday.

The following day, October 9, Bangladesh will face India within the second T20I of the series on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Mahmudullah equipped his retirement in a press conference the day before this match. The third and final T20 of the series in Hyderabad on October 12 will seemingly be his final match in this format. The series has changed into a farewell stage. Shakib Al Hasan equipped his retirement from Checks and T20s before the Pune Test.

In 2007, Mahmudullah started his mosey in global cricket. He made his debut within the Bangladesh team with an ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo in July. A pair of months later, Mahmudullah made his T20 debut in opposition to Kenya in Nairobi. He has performed 139 fits within the longest tour of this format, which is the superb amongst Bangladesh.

Mahmudullah has scored 2 thousand 395 runs at a median of 23.forty eight and a strike price of 117.74 with 8 half-centuries by batting in 128 innings in T20. Which is the second perfect amongst Bangladeshi batsmen. He bowled in 78 innings and took 40 wickets. Eight bowlers have extra wickets than him in this shortest format.

Mahmudullah, who has performed basically the most T20 for the country, has also captained the superb quantity of fits in this format. He led 43 fits, out of which Bangladesh won 16 fits. Mahmudullah has won as many fits as Shakib as captain, but Shakib has led fewer fits than him. The skilled all-rounder captained 39 T20 fits.

Mahmudullah’s perfect innings in T20Is used to be in opposition to West Indies, in Mirpur in 2012 when the accurate-handed batsman scored 64 runs off forty eight balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. Mahmudullah took 3 wickets for 10 runs in 1 over in opposition to Pakistan in Mirpur in 2021, this is his occupation most involving bowling. Apart from bat-ball, Mahmudullah has also contributed in fielding. He took 50 catches in his 17-yr long occupation, which is the superb for the country.