5 Bowling greats who could retire post the 2019 World Cup

#4 Mashrafe Mortaza

Mortaza celebrates after taking a wicket

'Narail Express', as Mortaza is popularly known, may end up bidding adieu to the sport post the 2019 World Cup. The Bowling Allrounder has had a glorious career for the national team. He is The Tigers' all-time leading wicket-taker in ODIs, all-time 3rd highest wicket-taker in T20Is, and all-time 5th highest wicket-taker in Tests.

The Right-arm fast-medium bower has extraordinary stats: 258 wickets and 1728 runs in 202 ODIs, 78 wickets and 797 runs in 36 Tests, 42 wickets and 377 runs in 54 T20 Internationals. Mortaza is still a part of the ODI squad and it is likely that he is pushing himself just to play one last World Cup. He does, however, bring in much-needed experience in the squad.

The prolific Mortaza is currently playing for the Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. He has picked up 12 wickets in the previous 7 matches for the Riders.