Having earlier ended his Test and T20I career, Mahmudullah took his final bow from ODIs yesterday.
Bangladesh veteran Mahmudullah Riyad called time on an 18-year international career through a Facebook post yesterday. The 39-year-old, who scored 11,047 runs in international cricket, had retired from Tests in 2021 and called time on his T20I career last year in October. Here we present the highlights of his career:
Bangladesh veteran Mahmudullah Riyad announced his retirement from international cricket through a Facebook post today.
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed is in a league of his own in terms of getting a new Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) contract as the 29-year-old was the only player named in the A+ category which pays the most.
Bangladesh star Mahmudullah Riyad will not be part of BCB’s upcoming central contract, sources have confirmed to The Daily Star.
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedeen Fahim said the country’s veteran duo Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad will have to prove themselves to remain as mainstays of the national team setup.
Pakistan legend Wasim Akram has slammed Bangladesh veteran Mahmudullah for his performance against New Zealand in the Champions trophy game on Monday.
For the first time, the Tigers will enter a major event without Shakib, Tamim, or Mashrafe. Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur’s responsibilities will begin in the dressing room, but they will not end there.
Fortune Barishal’s veteran batter Mahmudullah Riyad broke all-rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraz’s record for the most matches played for the franchise on Sunday.
Fortune Barishal batters Soumya Sarker and Mahmudullah Riyad hit fifties to help set up an easy win over bottom-placed Durdanto Dhaka in a Bangladesh Premier League fixture in Mirpur on Saturday.
Durdanto Dhaka head coach and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Khaled Mahmud Sujon said that Mahmudullah Riyad’s retirement from Tests still ‘hurts’ him.
At the ODI World Cup in India last year, his batting remained the only positive aspect in the Tigers’ disastrous campaign.
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Mahmudullah’s road to the World Cup was riddled with obstacles and the all-rounder is thankful that all his hard work ultimately paid off.
Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haque felt that the Bangladesh team management were wasting Mahmudullah's talents by playing him only as a finisher given that the top-order is still struggling.
Mahmudullah Riyad's inclusion to the Bangladesh World Cup squad had been a dramatic one as the experienced campaigner got back into the side during the New Zealand series at home.
Before being dismissed for a run-a-ball 111, the veteran helped Bangladesh avoid humiliation in Mumbai on Tuesday.
While top teams, especially the ones who have been successful in this World Cup so far, seem to have proper clarity over their game plan, Bangladesh have looked drab and confused in formulating strategies in the mega event in India.
Mahmudullah Riyad became the fourth Bangladesh batter to reach the 5,000 ODI runs landmark as Bangladesh were building around a half-century from Najmul Hossain Shanto in the third and final match against New Zealand in Mirpur on Tuesday.
