Mustafizur Rahman has been one of the leading fast bowlers in the white ball formats of the game for close to a decade. He has been the leading bowler for Bangladesh and he has won many matches for Bangladesh. He has played 15 Test Matches and he has taken 31 Wickets in Test Cricket. In the 103 ODI Matches he has played for Bangladesh he has taken 162 Wickets for Bangladesh. He has also got 5 Five Wicket Hauls in ODI Cricket. He has also played in 91 T20IS for Bangladesh in which he has got 107 Wickets. In total he has taken more than 300 International Wickets.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Bowling Performances of Mustafizur Rahman
1) 6/43 vs India (2015)
This was the second ODI in the career of Mustafizur Rahman. He had already taken a 5 Wicket Haul in his first ODI but in this one he went one step further. He bowled his best spell as he took 6 wickets for 43 runs. He bowled 10 overs and he gave away 4.3 runs per over. India were batting first and he absolutely decimated the great batting line-up. He made sure that India were all out for 200 and Bangladesh won the match by 6 wickets.
2) 5/50 vs India (2015)
This was the very first ODI Match in the career of Mustafizur Rahman and it was against India. In this match he was bowling in the second innings. He took 5 Wickets for 50 runs in 9.2 overs. The Indian batters had absolutely no answers to the skills he was bowling at. He gave away less than 6 runs per over with the target over 300. Bangladesh won the match by 79 runs and Mustafizur Rahman had arrived in international cricket.
3) 5/59 vs India (2019)
This was an important match in the 2019 World Cup. India were batting first and none of the other Bangladesh bowlers were effective. It was only Mustafizur Rahman that stopped the flow of runs to a certain extent. He loved bowling against India as is evident from this list. He bowled 10 overs for 59 runs at 5.9 runs per over. He took 5 Wickets but it was not enough as India won the match by 28 runs. This was one of the last good bowling spells by him in this format.
4) 4/21 vs Sri Lanka (2017)
This is one of his best performances in the T20I format and this match was against Sri Lanka in 2017. Mustafizur Rahman bowled 3 overs and he took 4 wickets while giving away 21 runs. Mustafizur Rahman was at his best in this match and he made sure that Sri Lanka were able to get to the target and as a result Bangladesh won by 45 runs which is a big margin in T20I Cricket.
5) 4/37 vs South Africa (2015)
The first innings that he bowled in Test Cricket was the best performance in his Test Career. He was bowling against a far superior team in South Africa yet he bowled very well throughout the innings. He bowled 17.4 overs in which he gave away only 37 runs which is just over 2 runs per over. He took 4 wickets and he did not allow South Africa to run away with the Test Match. As a result this match was a draw and he could not repeat this performance for long in Test Cricket.
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