Mahmudullah called Time in his international career after announcing his withdrawal of hate through a social media post on Wednesday. Mahmudullah, who turned 39 last month, had already retired from the tests in 2021 and T20is in 2024.
“All praises only for the Almighty Allah. I have decided to retire from the International cricket,” Mahmudullah wrote on his official Facebook page. “I would like to thank all my teammates, coaches and especially my fans who have always supported me. Many thanks to my parents, my in -laws, especially my father -in -law and most importantly, my brother Emdad Ullah, who has been constantly there since my childhood as my coach and titler.
“And finally thanks to my wife and children who have been my support system throughout Alhamdulillah. The best wishes for my Bangladesh team and cricket. “
Mahmudullah ends like the fourth highest corridor in Bangladesh, behind Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, with 5689 races at an average of 36.46, including four hundred and 32 years fifty. His retirement occurs a week after Mushfiqur, his teammate and brother -in -law for a long time, had also retired from Odi.
On Monday, when the BCB reported in its press release that Mahmudullah had requested that the Board did not consider it in the list of central contracts after February 2025, it was seen as an imminent retirement signal.
All the hundreds of Mahmudullah arrived in ICC tournaments. After scoring two hundreds in the 2015 World Cup, he made an undefeated 102 against New Zealand in the 2017 Champions Trophy in Cardiff. More recently in the Odi 2023 World Cup in India, he obtained 111 against South Africa in Mumbai.
The withdrawals of Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur occur after Bangladesh suffered an early exit in the 2025 champions trophy. Mahmudullah played only one entrance, driving four of 14 balls against New Zealand in Rawalpindi. However, Mahmudullah’s shape in the period prior to the tournament was excellent: he had scored four fifty followed, against Afghanistan and the Western Indies, out of home last year.
Mahmudullah made his debut in Odi in 2007 as a public services player, hitting mainly in No. 7 and Bowling offspin. His first turning point came in the 2011 World Cup against England, when he added an uninterrupted 58 for the ninth Wickt with Shafiul Islam to guide Bangladesh to a two Wickt victory. In the following year, his undefeated fifty years helped Bangladesh to a victory of Odi 3-2 series against Western Indies.
Mahmudullah enjoyed more success in the 2015 World Cup, when he struck centuries against England and New Zealand in successive matches while hitting in number 3. His one hundred against New Zealand in the 2017 Champions Trophy, in a position of 223 races with Shakib, is an iconic entrance in the history of the cricket of Bangladesh.
Mahmudullah returned before the 2023 World Cup after being left aside. He also demonstrated his value with the ball, taking 82 Wickts at an economic rate of 5.21. Mahmudullah never led Bangladesh in Odi, although he had captained them in T20is and Crickt test.
The retirement of Mahmudullah demolishes the curtain of the most successful Crickets of Crickets in Bangladesh who played between 2006 and 2025. In addition to Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, Tamim reconfirmed his retirement from the International cricket earlier this year. Shakib had announced his test and his T20I retirement in India last year, while reporting at that time that the Champions Trophy would be his last Odi assignment. Having lost the tournament due to several reasons, his career in Odi now also seems finished. Mashrafe played for the last time in Odi in 2020, when the captaincy also signed.
