Bangladesh All-Rounder Mahmudullah Riyad Announces Retirement from International Cricket.

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On March 12, 2025, veteran Bangladeshi cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad, an all-rounder for the Bangladesh National Cricket Team, announced his retirement from international cricket, concluding an 18-year-long career. He had previously retired from Test cricket in 2021 and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) in 2024.


      - He represented Bangladesh in 50 Test matches, 239 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 141 T20Is, totaling 430 international appearances.

      - As captain, he led Bangladesh in 6 Test matches, achieving 1 win, 4 losses, and 1 draw. In T20Is, he captained in 43 matches, securing 16 victories and 29 defeats. Throughout his career, he accumulated a total of 11,047 runs across all formats, including 9 centuries.

     

Main Point :-   (i) Mahmudullah Riyad made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo on July 20, 2007, and became Bangladesh's 4th-highest run-scorer in ODIs with 5,689 runs at an average of 36.46.

      (ii) He remains the only Bangladeshi cricketer to score three centuries in the ODI World Cup—two in 2015 and one in 2023.

(iii) As a bowler, he took 166 wickets across formats, including a five-wicket haul (5/51) against West Indies in 2009.

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