On Friday (5th July), Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman achieved a milestone with a top record. Playing his 54th ODI match, Mustafizur Rahman completed his 100th ODI wicket. He is the fastest Bangladesh bowler and joint fourth fastest overall bowler to pick up 100 ODI wickets.
Bangladesh is playing against Pakistan at Lord’s (London) on Friday which is also their last match of the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. While Pakistan needs to win this match by an almost impossible margin to secure their semi-final spot of this tournament, the Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed decided to bat first after winning the toss.
After the first innings of this match, Pakistan managed to score 315/9 (50 overs). The left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman continued his brilliant bowling form in this match. He was the best bowler for Bangladesh in this match as he had the bowling figures of 10-0-75-5.
In this match, Mustafizur dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (100), Haris Sohail (6), Shadab Khan (1), Imad Wasim (43) and Mohammad Amir (8) respectively. After taking his second wicket of this match by dismissing Haris Sohail, Mustafizur completed his 100 ODI wickets. While it was his 54th ODI, Mustafizur becomes the joint fourth fastest bowler to complete 100 ODI wickets.
Here is the list of the top fastest bowlers to complete 100 ODI wickets
| Player (Team) | No. of ODI matches to complete 100 ODI wickets |
| Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) | 44 |
| Mitchell Starc (Australia) | 52 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) | 53 |
| Shane Bond (New Zealand) | 54 |
| Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) | 54 |
| Brett Lee (Australia) | 55 |
| Trent Boult (New Zealand) | 56 |
| Mohammed Shami (India) | 56 |
| Imran Tahir (South Africa) | 58 |
| Waqar Younis (Pakistan) | 59 |
| Irfan Pathan (India) | 59 |
| Morne Morkel (South Africa/Africa) | 59 |
On the other hand, Mustafizur Rahman also becomes the fastest bowler from Bangladesh to complete 100 ODI wickets. The left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was the previous record holder for Bangladesh as he achieved this feat in 69 ODIs.
Mustafizur Rahman is also the second fastest left-arm bowler to complete 100 ODI wickets
Also, Mustafizur Rahman is the second fastest left-arm bowler to complete 100 ODI wickets. Only the Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc achieved this feat faster than Mustafizur as he completed 100 ODI wickets in 52 ODIs.
Mustafizur Rahman just finished the ongoing 2019 CWC with 20 wickets. No other Bangladesh bowlers have ever taken more than 13 wickets in a CWC edition. Mustafizur is in the second position in the most wickets list of the ongoing 2019 CWC. Only Mitchell Starc is ahead of him in this list with 24 wickets in this CWC.