Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
Mohammed Rafique (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রফিক) (born 5 September 1970) is a Bangladeshi cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all formats of the cricket. He is the first consistent cricketer of his national cricket team. He is the first Man Of the Match for Bangladesh in One Day Internationals. One of the best spinners to ever have played for Bangladesh, Rafique was the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in Test matches.
He occasionally served his team with batting as well. When Bangladesh team needed quick runs, he was sent as an opener.
Rafique has been honoured for his contribution to the cricket world with positions in both the World XI for the Super Series against Australia in 2005 and the Asia XI for the exhibition series against Africa XI in 2007. Later on, he was named captain of Bangladesh Legends cricket team in 2020-21 Road Safety World Series.On 20 January, 2022 , Rafique joined Asia Lions along with Habibul Bashar in Legends League Cricket, where he took 2 wickets against India Maharajas.
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