Mahmudullah announces retirement from T20: Will play last match against India in Hyderabad; Shakib also retired this year

Mahmudullah made his T20 debut for Bangladesh 17 years ago.

The year 2024 is proving to be the year of retirement of legendary players of Bangladesh cricket. After former captain Shakib Al Hasan, now batsman Mahmudullah has also announced his retirement from T20 format. He will bid goodbye to the shortest format with the last match of the ongoing series against India.

Will continue to play ODI 38-year-old Mahmudullah had retired from the Test format in 2021 itself. He will continue to play ODIs, having been the team’s top scorer during the ODI World Cup in India last year. His target is now on the Champions Trophy. Before that, Bangladesh team will also play 3 ODI series against West Indies.

Mahmudullah announced his retirement during a press conference at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Mahmudullah said – had already planned to retire Mahmudullah said, ‘I had already thought about my retirement. Even before coming to India, I had talked to the captain and coach about this. After discussing with both of them, I informed the BCB President about my decision. I think this is the right time to retire from T20 format, I will now focus completely on ODIs.

The defeat against India hurt a lot Mahmudullah said on his career, ‘The defeat by 1 run in the T-20 World Cup against India still hurts me a lot. That defeat taught me a lot. The best moment of my career came against Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy.

In the 2018 Nidahas Trophy, Mahmudullah scored 43 runs in 18 balls against Sri Lanka to take Bangladesh to the final. Mahmudullah scored 2395 runs in 139 T20 matches for Bangladesh and took 40 wickets.

Mahmudullah said, the 2016 T20 World Cup defeat against India taught him a lot.

Made T-20 debut in 2007 Mahmudullah made his T20 debut against Kenya in 2007, his career lasted 17 years and 35 days. Among players playing T20 International, his career was the longest after Shakib Al Hasan and Zimbabwe’s Shaun Williams.

Mahmudullah played 9 T20 World Cups for Bangladesh.

Shakib also retired this year Shakib Al Hasan had also announced his retirement from T20 and Test formats during the recently concluded Test series against India. He had said that with the T-20 World Cup he said goodbye to the shortest format. He will also retire from the Test format after the home Test series against South Africa. 37 year old Shakib will also continue to play ODI.