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Mushfiqur eclipses Mashrafe to play highest ODI for Bangladesh
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 25, 2021 (BSS) – Mushfiqur Rahim became the Bangladeshi player with most ODIs during the third and final ODI against West Indies today at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here.
The ODI was his 221st and in doing so, he went past former ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
Mushfiqur had already eclipsed Mashrafe in playing the most number of ODIs in Bangladesh jerseys during the side’s first ODI against the West Indies on January 20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
Mashrafe played a total of 220 ODIs in his career. The former ODI skipper had, however, played 218 of those, donning Bangladesh jersey, while playing two ODIs for Asia XI against Africa XI in 2007.
Only two other players have played more than 200 ODIs for Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal has played 210 ODIs while Shakib Al Hasan has played 209 ODIs.
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