Mushfiqur Rahim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who was born on June 9, 1987 in Bogra, Bangladesh. He is a wicketkeeper and a mid-order right-handed batsman.

A mid-level wicketkeeper and batsman, he was a regular on the national team between 1995–07. Bangladeshi coach Dav Whatmore called Mashud "the best wicketkeeper in Asia". He contributed to Bangladesh's first ODI hat trick two catches from Shahadat Hossain's bowling. After retiring from international football in 2008, he continued to play national cricket in Bangladesh as captain of the Rajshahi Division team. Mashud announced his retirement from domestic cricket after captaining his team to win the title in 2011.

Khaled Mashud is a cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh National Cricket Team. He has been part of the team since 1995 and has enjoyed a successful period with the squad. Khaled Mashud was born on February 8, 1976 in Rajshahi. Khaled Mashud made his debut for Bangladesh national cricket team in 1995 in ODI format.

Playing primarily as the wicketkeeper batsman for the team, Khaled Mashud is a prolific right-handed batsman who has scored many runs for teams in both domestic and international cricket. He is a brilliant wicket keeper and very effective behind the stumps, making some great catches and affecting some stumps.

Personal Life

His father Shamsu was a prominent Bangladeshi football player in the 1970s. As a forward, he partnered with Kazi Salahuddin and helped Abahani Krira Chakra win the Dhaka League title in 1977.

Khaled Mashud has been chosen as Bangladesh's new team manager for the forthcoming away series against New Zealand.

Domestic Career

Mashud played for Bangladesh U-19 team in 1993. Apart from his duties as a goalkeeper. He also took on the important responsibility of batting at number 3. He was promoted to the national team within a few years, playing against the traveling England senior team in February 1995. He made his ODI debut later in the year in Sharjah.

International Career

Rahim made his international debut in his late teens on May 26, 2005 at Lord's when he was part of the Bangladeshi team touring England for the first time. He was selected as a specialist batsman with the presence of Khaled Mashud as the previous wicketkeeper. He scored 19 in his first inning but missed the remainder of the series due to an ankle injury.

He played his maiden ODI against Zimbabwe on August 6, 2006 in Harare where he scored his first half century. His good performances made him an integral part of the team not only as a batsman but also as a wicket keeper.

Later that year, Rahim also made his T20 international debut on 28 November 2006 at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium against Zimbabwe.

Test Cricket

aHe made an impressive Test debut with the racquet, scoring 32 and 21* in the historic game against India in November 2000. But his most memorable moment in Test cricket came in May 2004 in the West Indies. Despite taking a 64 lead in the first innings, Bangladesh ran into trouble, losing their first seven wickets for just 123 runs. Mashud then performed a late order restoration to bring the score to 271/9 (decrease). The declaration came shortly after Mashud had completed his hundred (103*). He was excellently supported by Rafiq (29) and Tapash (26). Behind the stumps, his 87 dismissals from 44 games don't sound very impressive, but he was playing for a team that had very little venom in their bowling division.

One Day Internationals

Mashud was a key member of Bangladesh's winning team at the 1997 ICC Trophy, where he topped his country's batting average, scoring 92 runs and retiring just once. He was MoM in the SF against Scotland after scoring 70 goals and sharing a 115 run partnership with Aminul Islam. In the final, he posted a speedy 15* from just 7 deliveries to lead Bangladesh home to a last ball win. His innings included two massive hits for six. He also enjoyed a very successful time behind the stumps with 12 catches and 11 stumps.

Mashud had little chance to show his skills as a one-day hitter, almost inevitably hitting with his struggling team. Despite this, he managed a top score of 71* against the Australians in 2005. As the Bangladesh spinners were more effective in limited matches, Mashud had more chances to show his class. His 91 catches and 35 stumpings in ODI bear witness to this.

Mashud had a brief stint as Bangladesh captain. However, after the 2003 World Cup in Africa, he lost his captaincy under acrimonious circumstances. Bangladesh suffered losses to Canada and Kenya amid match-fixing allegations. Although the allegations were not proven, Mashud was relieved of his duties as captain. In February 2006, he was fined after being found guilty of discrediting the game during a game against Sri Lanka.

However, his place on the team was threatened with the emergence of Mushfiqur Rahim, coupled with his own failure to score in 24 Test innings for half a century. He was subsequently dropped from Bangladesh's squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and did not feature after a brief return against Sri Lanka, favoring Rahim and Dhiman Ghosh as wicketkeepers. In 2008 he announced his retirement from international cricket.

Captaincy

In 2011, Rahim became captain of Bangladesh cricket team during West India Tour. In his first game as captain, he was the man of the match. He won the T20 series for his team but lost the ODIs. His central contract kept rising from B to A and later to A+. In 2014, Mushfiqur lost his captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza.

Rise to Glory

In 2007, Rahim and then-Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful shared a record sixth wicket partnership of 191 runs against Sri Lanka.

After scoring some fifties, he was elected Vice-Captain of Bangladesh. His versatile and consistent batting power helped him become a regular on the Bangladesh team and he also became the first choice of wicket-keeper.

Records

In 2017, Rahim became the first wicketkeeper for Bangladesh to suffer 100 dismissals. In the same year he also became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score a century in any format against South Africa.