5 underrated bowlers in cricket at the moment

#4 Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Mortaza is Bangladesh’s captain who has been troubled by a dodgy knee

Mortaza is less of a cricketer, more of a warrior. With a rickety knee perpetually threatening his career, one of Bangladesh’s earliest sensations and their talismanic skipper has dragged his team in his own style, punching above their weight, gutsing it out and crossing one milestone after another.

The skipper who helmed Bangladesh’s turnaround in ODIs, with excellent series wins at home against top teams is also one of their wiliest and most consistent bowlers in the short-format. Mortaza is Bangladesh’s fourth highest wicket-taker in T20I in the last two years.

But, it is in ODIs that he is invaluable. A good lower-order hitter, Mortaza has shown his worth with the ball, new and old, with 15 wickets in 9 games at 24.40 with an economy rate of 4.48.

In the last three years, the Bangladesh bowler has 54 wickets in 38 ODIs at 28.09 with an economy of 4.79. Only Shakib al Hasan has more amongst all Bangladesh bowlers – 59 in 37 games. Taskin Ahmed and Rubel Hossain are way behind with 35 and 32 wickets respectively.