Mushfiqur Rahim announced ODI retirement: After Australia captain Steve Smith retired from the ODI format in the middle of the Champions Trophy, now another player has said goodbye to the format. Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushafiqur Rahim has announced his retirement in the Champions Trophy 2025 after his team’s poor performance. Mushfiqur Rahim will no longer play one -day international cricket for Bangladesh. Mushfiqur announced his retirement on Wednesday, March 5. He gave this information on social media. On Wednesday, the annual contract of the Bangladesh team was announced and shortly after that Mushfiqur announced his retirement. He played ODI cricket for Bangladesh for almost 19 years.
Mushfiqur Rahim retired
Mushfiqur Rahim wrote on his Facebook page, ‘I am retiring from ODI format from today. Allahu Akbar for everything. “Even though our achievements were limited on the global platform, one thing is certain, whenever I stepped on the field for my country, I gave more than 100% of my dedication and loyalty.” Let us tell you that at the end of the team’s journey in this tournament, Steve Smith also announced his retirement from ODI International cricket. His team suffered defeat against India in the semi -finals.
And I realized that this was my destiny.
The wicketkeeper-batsman further wrote, ‘The last few weeks have been very challenging for me and I have realized that this is my destiny.’ Mushfiqur made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006. He is now the most match -playing Bangladeshi player in this format. He has played 274 matches, scoring 7,795 runs at an average of 36.42, including his best score 144 runs. He has also scored nine centuries in ODI cricket. As a wicketkeeper, he has done 243 catches and 56 stumpings. He played the last match against New Zealand. The match against Pakistan was canceled.
