He was a spectator in the last Asia Cup. There was doubt about getting a place in the World Cup. Mahmudullah Riyad, who got a place in the team after overcoming that doubt, is the best performer of the current World Cup so far.
Today, when Bangladesh is chasing the target of 383 runs given by South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Mahmudullah stood up once again at that difficult time. The middle-order batsman entered the field after the return of Mushfiqur Rahim as the fourth wicket for the team’s 42 runs.
Bangladesh scored 122 runs for 6 wickets in 28.2 overs till writing this report. Mahmudullah scored 39 of them. Nasum Ahmed (19) is accompanying him. In the previous two matches, Mahmudullah played innings of 41* and 46 runs against New Zealand and India respectively.
Mahmudullah stepped on a new milestone on the way to playing 300 innings today. He surpassed Tamim Iqbal to become the third highest run scorer for Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup. Tamim’s runs in 29 innings are 718 and 741* in 21 innings. Shakib Al Hasan tops this list with 1202 runs. Mushfiqur runs 1242.
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