{"id":170862,"date":"2025-03-07T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=170862"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:53:31","slug":"mushfiqur-rahim-announces-retirement-from-odis-after-champions-trophy-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/mushfiqur-rahim-announces-retirement-from-odis-after-champions-trophy-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushfiqur Rahim Announces Retirement from ODIs After Champions Trophy Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh\u2019s experienced wicketkeeper-batsman, has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs) following the end of Bangladesh\u2019s Champions Trophy campaign. The 37-year-old cricketer shared his decision on Instagram, marking the conclusion of a remarkable 19-year journey in ODI cricket. He mentioned that this choice came after facing a few tough weeks, highlighting that he has always put in over 100% dedication and honesty every time he represented Bangladesh on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mushfiqur\u2019s Journey:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mushfiqur made his international debut in August 2006, playing his first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare. While he didn&#8217;t have the opportunity to display his batting or wicketkeeping skills in that match, it marked the beginning of a remarkable career that would establish him as one of Bangladesh\u2019s top cricketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the years, Mushfiqur Rahim has been instrumental in the development of Bangladesh\u2019s ODI cricket, making significant contributions with both bat and gloves. He earned a reputation for his solid batting technique, sharp wicketkeeping abilities, and invaluable experience in the middle order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Stats: A Testament to His Excellence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mushfiqur ended his&nbsp;<strong>ODI career<\/strong>&nbsp;as one of Bangladesh\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>highest run-scorers<\/strong>, cementing his place among the nation\u2019s all-time greats. His stats reflect his&nbsp;<strong>immense contribution to the team<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Matches Played:<\/strong>\u00a0274<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Runs Scored:<\/strong>\u00a07,795<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Batting Average:<\/strong>\u00a036.42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centuries:<\/strong>\u00a09<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Half-Centuries:<\/strong>\u00a049<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Highest Score:<\/strong>\u00a0144<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dismissals as Wicketkeeper:<\/strong>\u00a0243 catches, 56 stumpings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He is Bangladesh\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>second-highest run-scorer<\/strong>&nbsp;in ODIs, standing just behind&nbsp;<strong>Tamim Iqbal<\/strong>, who has accumulated&nbsp;<strong>8,357 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh\u2019s experienced wicketkeeper-batsman, has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs) following the end of Bangladesh\u2019s Champions Trophy campaign. The 37-year-old cricketer shared his decision on Instagram, marking the conclusion of a remarkable 19-year journey in ODI cricket. He mentioned that this choice came after facing a few tough weeks, highlighting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-170862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170867,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170862\/revisions\/170867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}