Bangladesh's Pace Sensation Mustafizur Rahman in Elite ODI Club After Demolishing India
Mustafizur Rahman has become the first bowler to bag eleven wickets in his first two ODIs. His effort helped his side convincingly defeat India in the first two ODIs of the three-match series.
Left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman ripped through the Indian batting once again on Sunday to help Bangladesh clinch their first-ever ODI series victory over India. Mustafizur picked up where he left off in the opening match, when he claimed five for 50, to grab six for 43 and help bowl India out for 200 runs, a target Bangladesh reached in 38 overs. (Also read: Series win against India is out biggest achievement, says Mortaza)
Mustafizur became the second bowler in ODIs to bag five wickets or more in each of his first two games. Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori was the first bowler to register five-wicket hauls in his first two games - five for 30 on August 12, 2011 and five for 20 on August 14, 2011 - both against Bangladesh at Harare.
The wiry 19-year-old paceman became only the third Bangladeshi bowler - after skipper Mashrafe Mortaza and Rubel Hossain - to take six wickets in an innings in ODIs. While Mortaza (six for 26) achieved the feat against Kenya at Nairobi on August 15, 2006, Hossain's six for 26 came against New Zealand at Mirpur on October 29, 2013.
Mustafizur also became the first bowler to bag eleven wickets (ave.8.45) in his first two ODIs.
Other statistical highlights of the match:
# Bangladesh, with two consecutive wins in the present series, have won ten ODIs in succession in ODIs at home - five vs Zimbabwe, three vs Pakistan and two vs India - between November 21, 2014 and June 21, 2015 - their best winning sequence in ODIs in Bangladesh.
# Shakib (51 not out) has registered 36 innings of fifty-plus in ODIs - 6 hundreds and 30 fifties. He has emulated Tamim Iqbal's feat of 6 centuries and 30 fifties, sharing a Bangladesh record in ODIs.
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (541 runs at an average of 54.10 in 19 matches) is the sixth Indian batsman to complete 500 runs or more in ODIs in Bangladesh. He has joined Virat Kohli (945), Sachin Tendulkar (827), Sourav Ganguly (736), Gautam Gambhir (732) and Virender Sehwag (724)
(With inputs from Rajesh Kumar)