Strange feat of driver's son, challenged a legendary all-rounder, once narrowly escaped death in firing

Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana also performed well for Bangladesh in this series but among all these names, Mehdi caught everyone's attention. In the series, he proved to be a 'trump card' for captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto in both batting and bowling and was selected Player of the Series in the team's historic 'clean sweep'.

In this two-Test series, Mehdi scored 155 runs at an average of 77.50 and took 10 wickets at an average of 18.60. In the second Test, after Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 26 runs in the first innings in reply to Pakistan's 274 runs, the kind of passion he showed in batting with Liton Das has raised his stature a lot. Liton Das, who scored 138 runs, along with Miraz (78 runs) made a partnership of 165 runs for the 7th wicket and broke the spirits of the Shan Masood brigade which was looking on the 'front foot'. With the help of this performance, Mehdi has reached the 7th position in the Test all-rounder rankings.

Mehidy should not be the X factor in the series against India!
Given this performance/form against Pakistan, Mehdi is being considered as the X factor for Bangladesh for the two-Test series against India starting on September 19. Captain Shanto also claimed in the excitement of victory to repeat the result like Pakistan against the Rohit Sharma brigade, although doing so is like climbing Everest. India is currently the number 2 Test team in the world and has not lost any series at home since 2012. Anyway, Mehdi's performance against India in Test matches has been ordinary.

So far in 5 Tests against Team India, he has scored 188 runs (average 18.80) and taken 14 wickets at an average of 45.71, but despite this he can make a difference. By the way, Team India will remember the crushing defeat of one wicket at the hands of Mehdi in the 2022 ODI, in which Bangladesh had lost 9 wickets for 136 runs at one time while chasing India's score of 186, but Mehdi (38 *) turned the defeat into a win by adding 51 runs for the last wicket with Mustafizur Rahman (10 *). He was the best player of this match (1/43 and 38 *). Bangladesh team has to play three T20 matches apart from two Tests in India tour.

One of the batsmen who scored a century in his debut and last ODI has scored at an average of 340 in the series

He was named 'Player of the Tournament' in the Under-19 World Cup

The journey to fulfill his cricketing dream was not easy for Mehdi, who grew up in poverty. Born on 25 October 1997, Mehdi's father was a driver in a 'Rent a Car' firm. The whole family lived in a small two-room house in Khulna. Sometimes his father had work and sometimes not. Even in such a situation, he left no stone unturned to fulfill his son's cricketing dream. Mehdi, who started playing cricket at the age of 8, started gaining fame at an early age after joining the Kashipur Cricket Academy. The brilliant performance of right-handed batsman and off-break bowler Mehdi did not go in vain and he was made the captain of Bangladesh for the 2015-16 Under-19 World Cup. The team made it to the semi-finals in the tournament and Mehdi became the Player of the Tournament. Performing brilliantly in both batting and bowling (242 runs and 12 wickets), he staked a claim for a place in the senior team.

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5th youngest bowler to take 10 wickets in Test matches
The same year, he was selected in the Bangladesh senior team for the Test series against England. Grabbing the opportunity with both hands, in October 2016, in his debut Test in Chittagong, he took 7 wickets including a 5-wicket haul and secured his place in the team. After this, every match added a new achievement to Mehidy's name. In his second Test of the series in Mirpur, he took 12 wickets for 159 runs and became the 5th youngest bowler in the world (19 years, three days) to take 10 or more wickets. Appreciating this match-winning performance, then PM Sheikh Hasina announced free land to Mirage to build a house in Khulna.

In his 8-year international career, Mehdi has played 45 Tests, 97 ODIs and 25 T20 matches. He has scored 1625 runs with the help of 1 century in Tests and taken 174 wickets, while in ODIs he has scored 1331 runs with the help of 2 centuries and taken 106 wickets. In T20 Internationals (248 runs and 13 wickets), he has certainly not lived up to the team's expectations so far.

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He narrowly escaped an attack in New Zealand
During Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand in March 2019, several Bangladeshi players, including Mehdi, had a narrow escape when a maniac named Brenton Tarrant opened fire at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque. Miraz and other players were going to the mosque to offer prayers at that time and were just 50 meters away. Bangladeshi cricketers described this attack as the most terrifying experience of their lives. A few days after surviving this attack, Mehdi married his fiancée Rabia Akhtar and started a new life.

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When he was removed from captaincy just before the toss in BPL
Mehdi Hasan Miraz's name came into controversy in the 2022 season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) when he was removed from the captaincy just before the toss of the Chittagong Challengers match and Naim Islam was made the captain. Miraz, who led Chittagong to victory in 4 matches of the tournament, was very angry with this decision. According to the franchise, this decision was taken on the advice of the team's head coach Paul Nixon. However, Mehdi called this claim false and accused the franchise's COO Yasir Alam of lying.

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