The greatest Bangladesh XI of all-time

#8 Mashrafe Mortaza

Started out as an 18-year-old

The best fast bowler Bangladesh has ever had.

Many fast bowlers came and went, but this guy has stood unmoved like a mountain. If it weren’t for fragile knees, his stats would have read even better – but stats don’t reveal everything anyway.

The recent influx of fast bowlers may fool the new watchers of the gentlemen’s game, but Bangladesh has always had a dearth of genuine quality pacers. Mashrafe is an exception to that as he has stamped himself as the key figure of the team – so much that he is the captain of it.

He was, and still is, the key inspiration for Bangladeshi youngsters who aspire to bowl quick. His enthusiastic, and sometimes overzealous, approach has been the key to the current evolution of the team and he could lead the current batch to even greater heights.