Mahmudullah Riyad sends Isru Udana’s length ball over mid wicket with a great flick shot to the boundary. Mahmudullah’s shot in the air to equalize with a six off the last two balls to reach the final of the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka sent Bangladesh into a frenzy. After the confirmation of the ticket to the final, the image of hero branding behind Mahmudullah’s zero jump became the poster of Bangladesh. Mahmudullah’s cameo innings that day earned him the status of a hero as he took the team to the final.
Many incidents have happened before and after this in cricket. There have been many ups and downs in the career. But that night in the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka gave Mahmudullah the recognition of immortality. Bangladesh, which entered T20 cricket in 2007, has played 177 T20 matches so far. Where Mahmudullah played maximum 139 matches for the country. This long journey has now reached its final destination. He is retiring from the T20 format after playing two matches in India’s Delhi and Hyderabad. Mahmudullah made this announcement at a press conference in Delhi.
Mahmudullah retired from Test cricket in 2021. Leaving T20 after three years. Remaining ODIs. According to BCB sources, he will also retire from ODIs after the 2025 Champions Trophy. His decision to retire from Test cricket caused quite a stir. Mahmudullah returned to the Test team after 16 months in July 2021.
He was asked to reflect on the future of Test cricket in February 2020. Excluded from Red Ball’s central contract. That Mahmudullah returned to the team as a backup and got a chance to play in the XI. Played a brilliant innings of 150 runs to rescue the team from the edge of the abyss. Then on the third day during the match, he told his teammates in the dressing room that he was going to retire. On the morning of the fifth day, the cricketers gave him a guard of honour. Tamim, Shakib, Muminul, Liton stood on both sides and honored him on the way to enter the field from the dreaming room. Mahmudullah expressed his gratitude with a smile.
Many in the dressing room were surprised to learn of the decision to retire. No one could believe it. Each of the team discusses and bets that the match must be won no matter what. Mahmudullah’s farewell test should be given a win. Whatever is said is what is done. Bangladesh won the Test series in Zimbabwe for the first time after winning the Test in Harare. This time Mahmudullah is retiring from T20, not from behind. Bangladesh defeated India in T20 in Delhi in 2019. The winning run came from the bat of Mahmudullah. The memory of the victory is still fresh. Let’s see if the farewell Mahmudullah can paint the last Test cricket.
Mahmudullah has led Bangladesh in this format of cricket, captaining the World Cup stage. Times were not good then. Due to which the captaincy, place has to be lost. But again and again he returned to his appearance, with power. If the end is done in the same color, the joy will definitely be doubled.
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