Sports Desk:

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the skipper of Bangladesh ODI team, has turned 36 today.

He was born in Narail district on October 5, 1983.

Mashrafe, popularly known as the Narail Express, broke into the national side in 2001 against Zimbabwe and became a sensation immediately.

He was then inarguably the fastest bowler for the country.

Later, through the turmoil of an injury-prone career, he established himself as the leading bowler for Bangladesh. Injury caused him to miss out on playing the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Mashrafe is one of the most successful captains ever in the history of Bangladesh cricket and has led the side to many heroic victories under his tenure.

The right-arm pacer has played 36 Tests for Bangladesh, taking 78 scalps and as many as 266 wickets in 217 One-Day Internationals and 42 wickets in 54 T20Is for Bangladesh.

He was also the former T-20 captain.

Mortaza made his debut in ODI cricket on 23 November 2001 and Test cricket on 8 November 2001 against Zimbabwe.