How Mustafizur Rahman has fared in T20Is away from home?
Bangladesh will take on hosts India in the upcoming three-match T20I series, starting on October 6. Notably, the Tigers have defeated India just once across their 14 previous concluded T20I meetings. Meanwhile, left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman will be critical to Bangladesh's chances as he has been a veteran of this format. Let's decode his numbers in T20Is away from home.
71 wickets across 57 outings
As per ESPNcricinfo, Mustafizur owns 71 wickets across 57 outings in away and neutral T20Is combined. He averages 22.63 in this regard as his economy rate reads 7.88. Both his T20I fifers have come away from home. The tally also includes a couple of four-wicket hauls. Notably, Shakib Al Hasan (80) is the only Bangladesh bowler with more T20I wickets away from home.
Dissecting his T20I numbers
Mustafizur has 89 wickets in Asia at an economy of 7.49. In India, he has taken nine wickets across six outings with his economy being 8.21. Earlier this year, Mustafizur became the first Bangladesh bowler to claim six wickets in a T20I match. He returned with 6/10 versus USA. Mustafizur overall became the sixth bowler from a full-member team to claim a T20I six-fer.
Second-highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in T20Is
Mustafizur currently owns 128 scalps from 103 T20I games at 21.32. His economy rate reads 7.40. He is the second-highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh after Shakib Al Hasan (149). Overall, he has scalped 333 T20 wickets at a fine economy of 7.47. In 2024, the star left-arm pacer has taken 23 wickets across 15 T20Is while conceding runs at 6.87.
