5 Bowling greats who could retire post the 2019 World Cup

Lasith Malinga is one of the greats who may retire post the 2019 World Cup in England
Lasith Malinga is one of the greats who may retire post the 2019 World Cup in England

#4 Mashrafe Mortaza

Mortaza celebrates after taking a wicket
Mortaza celebrates after taking a wicket

'Narail Express', as Mortaza is popularly known, may end up bidding adieu to the sport post the 2019 World Cup. The Bowling Allrounder has had a glorious career for the national team. He is The Tigers' all-time leading wicket-taker in ODIs, all-time 3rd highest wicket-taker in T20Is, and all-time 5th highest wicket-taker in Tests.

The Right-arm fast-medium bower has extraordinary stats: 258 wickets and 1728 runs in 202 ODIs, 78 wickets and 797 runs in 36 Tests, 42 wickets and 377 runs in 54 T20 Internationals. Mortaza is still a part of the ODI squad and it is likely that he is pushing himself just to play one last World Cup. He does, however, bring in much-needed experience in the squad.

The prolific Mortaza is currently playing for the Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. He has picked up 12 wickets in the previous 7 matches for the Riders.

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