Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
‘You’ve inspired a generation’: Players react to Mahmudullah's retirement
Having earlier ended his Test and T20I career, Mahmudullah took his final bow from ODIs yesterday.
13 March 2025, 04:35 AM
‘Big Five’ not in picture, but what about persisting mediocrity?
Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.
20 November 2024, 02:30 AM
The fallacy of Five Pillars and their fractured legacy
The masses had turned these five cricketers into icons, placed them above every other Bangladesh cricketer and showered them with all the love they could muster. But why?
19 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Imrul Kayes questions player grading in BPL
Bangladesh batter Imrul Kayes has questioned the player grading process considered when sorting players into categories in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)
11 October 2024, 15:13 PM
Retire first, then join politics: Sohan
Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Nurul Hasan Sohan has voiced his dissent about players entering politics during their playing careers.
11 August 2024, 15:26 PM
Bangladesh should win against South Africa and Sri Lanka: Mashrafe
“We should win against South Africa and Sri Lanka,” said Mashrafe after a press conference on the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Kabaddi tournament
20 May 2024, 10:07 AM
Mashrafe bags five in DPL
It was Mashrafe’s eighth List A five-wicket haul with only Abdur Razzak ahead of him amongst Bangladesh bowlers with nine five-wicket hauls
21 March 2024, 11:21 AM
Whip Mashrafe takes a break from BPL
Sylhet Strikers captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza has decided to take a break from the ongoing 10th Bangladesh Premier League T20 and join his responsibility as the Whip in Parliament.
31 January 2024, 07:31 AM
From Mashrafe, Klopp, to Australian Open, what's cooking in the sports arena?
The on and off-field issues going on in the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, India making England taste their 'Bazball' tonic, an inexperienced West Indies making their presence felt at the Gabba, Liverpool having to look at life after Jurgen Klopp and the Australian Open awaiting a new Men's singles champion -- there are events aplenty for fans to dive into. Here, in this episode of The Daily Star's multimedia show, 'Pitch Perfect', we try to discuss briefly the current sporting scenario.
27 January 2024, 15:05 PM
'Mashrafe is nothing in Bangladesh cricket'
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former captain of Bangladesh team and now leading Sylhet Strikers in the Bangladesh Premier League, urged the media to give more emphasis on upcoming players of the country instead of highlighting him in the news.
26 January 2024, 19:00 PM
Playing unfit Mashrafe is ‘belittling the tournament’, says Ashraful
“I feel that it’s belittling the tournament. This kind of tournament is watched all over the world," Ashraful said
23 January 2024, 09:27 AM
Lethargic Mashrafee gets run out, Sylhet in trouble
Mashrafe was guilty of not dragging his bat in and instead tried to plant it inside the crease
23 January 2024, 08:10 AM
Does Mashrafe's fitness reflect BPL's competitiveness?
Former Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza turned heads when he got a wicket with his very first delivery in this season's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday.
22 January 2024, 01:05 AM
Sylhet skipper Mash trying to step up
Sylhet Strikers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza tried to whack a few at the nets with the bat in his first training session of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League today at the Academy Ground in Mirpur after a lacklustre display with the ball on Friday when his side succumbed to a seven-wicket loss in their opening BPL fixture.
21 January 2024, 15:38 PM
Walks in and takes a wicket, did Mashrafe expose BPL’s true stature?
Durdanto Dhaka pacer Shoriful Islam's maiden T20 hattrick, teams comfortably posting and chasing totals over 150, and the crowd coming in numbers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur -- the opening day of the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) had events aplenty to hook the cricket lovers.
20 January 2024, 05:39 AM
Mashrafe laments dropped catches after Chattogram loss
Sylhet Strikers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza rued the dropped catches as the reason behind their seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Chattogram Challengers in their opening game of the Bangladesh Premier League 2024 (BPL) in Mirpur on Friday.
19 January 2024, 21:40 PM
‘See you World Champions England!’
“In this team Miraz is the biggest asset,” Mashrafe further wrote, adding that Bangladesh’s World Cup dream will depend on the pace unit.
8 October 2023, 03:03 AM
Mashrafe feels Shakib should have talked to Tamim
Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza weighed in on the controversy regarding Tamim Iqbal’s eleventh-hour exclusion from the World Cup squad, saying the captain or the coach should have directly spoken to the batter about the team's plan to bat him in the middle order against Afghanistan.
28 September 2023, 17:18 PM
Only Tamim can reveal the truth, says Mashrafe
Mashrafe, however, gave a different opinion on his Facebook post, opining that Tamim was not dropped, instead the batter opted not to be in the side.
27 September 2023, 05:01 AM
Mashrafe lauds NZ’s unique WC squad announcement
Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza praised the way New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced their squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup, to be held in India in October-November.
11 September 2023, 16:18 PM