Mash going to be first Tiger to play 200 ODI

The initial clash of the three-match bilateral ODI series between Bangladesh and Windies on December 9 will witness the 200th One Day International appearance of the Tigers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
Mashrafe will be the first Tigers to play 200 one-dayers. Mash is the leading player with 199 ODI appearances followed by Mushfiqur Rahim (195), Shakib Al Hasan (192), Mohammad Ashraful (177) and Mahmudullah Riyadh (165).
Mashrafe, 35, was awarded with 53rd Tigers ODI cap against Zimbabwe in November 2001 in Chattogram. He got captaincy of Bangladesh national team in 2009 against Windies in the Caribbean Islands. He got Tigers leadership twice more. The latest and the longest span of his uninterrupted leadership career began in November 2014 against Zimbabwe.
Under his leadership, Bangladesh cricket emerged as super-power day by day. He claimed the heart of all fans and whiz of the game for on and off the field activities.
The most successful Tiger captain, led Bangladesh in 67 ODIs and seized 38 victories against 27 defeats while he bears cent percent success record in Test captaincy winning the solitary match. He captained Bangladesh in 28 T20i matches and brought 10 victories.
Bangladesh reached the quarter final of the World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand and played the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
The charismatic leader could reach even 300th milestone by his long cricketing career of 18 years if he would be favoured by fate. He went under blade for seven times but still he is the sharpest weapon in the Tigers pace battery and the leading wicket taker of his format with 252 wickets.