Mustafizur Rahman is arguably the best pacer Bangladesh has ever produced. The left-arm pacer is a tailor-made bowler for the limited overs format. When he made his debut in 2015, he took the world by storm by delivering great performances against top teams in the world like India, Pakistan, and South Africa. Over the years, he has made a name for himself in ODIs and T20Is.
The Bangladeshi pacer has some of the best spells in ODIs. Most of them have come against top teams of the time like India and Pakistan. In his home conditions where pacers do not have as much assistance, Mustafizur came as a breath of fresh air. He could swing and seam the ball and mix them with great variations. At his best, Rahman was a difficult customer to handle across all phases of a game.
Here are the five best ODI spells of Mustafizur Rahman.
3. 5/59 against India in 2019
It was the ODI World Cup 2019 match between India and Bangladesh. Batting first, India got a great start, thanks to a brilliant partnership between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma. Mustafizur ensured a massive collapse with his spell. The left-arm pacer cleaned up the lower middle-order batters in the death overs.
Rahman got the big wicket of Virat Kohli who scored 26(27). He then dismissed Hardik Pandya for a 2-ball duck. The left-arm pacer dismissed MS Dhoni for 35(33). Mustafizur got rid of Dinesh Karthick for 8(9). He dismissed Shami to register an impressive fifer in the ODI World Cup. Bangladesh lost the match by 28 runs.
2. 5/50 against India in 2015
The 2015-16 period was the prime of his career. During that period, he dominated the Indian batters in both ODIs and T20Is. On his ODI debut, Rahman claimed a fifer against India. Defending 307 on a good batting surface, Bangladesh had the tough task of containing the visiting team. The debutant led them from the front.
He got them the big wicket of Rohit Sharma who was batting well in the middle. Rahman dismissed Rahane for 9(25). He also got rid of Suresh Raina who managed a 40-ball 40. Mustafizur dismissed Ravindra Jadeja who scored 32 runs in 42 balls. By claiming the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin for a golden duck, Rahman claimed a fifer on his debut.
1. 6/43 against India in 2015
In the second ODI of the same series, Mustafizur registered his career-best spell. Bangladesh won the match and registered their first-ever ODI series win against India. Bowling first on a decent batting surface, Bangladesh needed to restrict a good batting lineup like India to a low score. Mustafizur ensured that the home side did the same.
Rahman dismissed Rohit for the second time in a row. However, he dismissed the star batter for a 2-ball duck in Mirpur. He further claimed the wicket of MS Dhoni who scored 47(75). Mustafizur dismissed Suresh Raina for 34(54). The pace bowler dismissed Jadeja for 19(26). He got rid of Axar Patel for a golden duck and Ashwin for a 10-ball 4 to register a career-best figures of 10-0-43-6.
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