Mustafizur Rahman - 4th player to receive 2 Man of the Match awards in his first 2 ODIs
It would be difficult for any Indian fan to digest the fact that a teenager who made his debut immediately becomes the reason for an ODI series loss for their national team in Bangladesh. But it is true. Mustafizur Rahman is more than two months short of his 20th birthday. And he has destroyed the batting order of the Indian team containing few of the so said best batsmen at present.
5/50 in his first ODI and 6/43 in the second were enough to hand over India losses by 79 runs and 6 wickets and he ended up winning the Man of the Match award in both these games. No surprises. He has set a World record by picking up 5 wickets in his first game and 6 in his second. Thus 11 wickets in career’s first 2 ODI matches. Only other bowler to have taken two five-wicket hauls in his first two ODIs is Brian Vitori for Zimbabwe. He took 10 wickets in his first 2 matches.
Mustafizur Rahman became only the fourth player to be awarded Man of the Match in both of his first two ODI matches, a remarkable feat. The others to have achieved this are listed below.
2 Man of the Match awards in career’s first 2 ODIs
|
Player |
Batting |
Bowling |
Fielding |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
|
John Edrich (England) |
82 |
- |
- |
Australia |
MCG |
05-Jan-71 |
|
90 |
- |
- |
India |
Leeds |
13-Jul-74 |
|
|
Tom Cooper (Netherlands) |
80* |
- |
- |
Scotland |
Rotterdam |
15-Jun-10 |
|
87 |
1/50 |
- |
Scotland |
Rotterdam |
01-Jul-10 |
|
|
Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe) |
- |
5/30 |
- |
Bangladesh |
Harare |
12-Aug-11 |
|
- |
5/20 |
- |
Bangladesh |
Harare |
14-Aug-11 |
|
|
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) |
0* |
5/50 |
- |
India |
Dhaka |
18-Jun-15 |
|
- |
6/43 |
- |
India |
Dhaka |
21-Jun-15 |
- John Edrich was Man of the Match in the first ever ODI match on 5th of January 1971 between Australia and England. He wasn’t selected in the next seven ODIs for England. But in his next inclusion, he was again Man of the Match.
- Top Cooper got 3 Man of the Match awards in his first 5 ODIs and 4 in his first 7 ODIs.
- Brian Vitori was also adjudged Man of the Match in his first two matches courtesy of those 5-wicket hauls.
Only four have got consecutive Man of the Match awards in their first two ODIs, but there are 56 others (including associate teams) who got Man of the Match on their ODI debut. Let’s list them, team-wise.
Australia (8)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Merv Hughes |
1988 |
|
Brendon Julian |
1993 |
|
Stuart MacGill |
2000 |
|
Mark Cosgrove |
2006 |
|
Shaun Marsh |
2008 |
|
George Bailey |
2012 |
|
Matthew Wade |
2012 |
|
Philip Hughes |
2013 |
Bangladesh (3)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Sohag Gazi |
2012 |
|
Taijul Islam |
2014 |
|
Mustafizur Rahman |
2015 |
England (13)
|
Player |
Year |
|
John Edrich |
1971 |
|
Dennis Amiss |
1972 |
|
Barry Wood |
1972 |
|
Mike Denness |
1973 |
|
Chris Tavare |
1980 |
|
Kim Barnett |
1988 |
|
Devon Malcolm |
1990 |
|
Peter Martin |
1995 |
|
Jeremy Snape |
2001 |
|
Ian Bell |
2004 |
|
Alex Wharf |
2004 |
|
Jonny Bairstow |
2011 |
|
Stephen Parry |
2014 |
India (2)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Sandeep Patil |
1980 |
|
Mohit Sharma |
2013 |
New Zealand (1)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Rob Nicol |
2011 |
Pakistan (9)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Abdul Qadir |
1983 |
|
Manzoor Elahi |
1984 |
|
Zakir Khan |
1984 |
|
Saleem Elahi |
1995 |
|
Shadab Kabir |
1996 |
|
Shahid Anwar |
1996 |
|
Shahid Nazir |
1996 |
|
Nasir Jamshed |
2008 |
|
Anwar Ali |
2013 |
South Africa (5)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Alan Donald |
1991 |
|
Mike Rindel |
1994 |
|
Shaun Pollock |
1996 |
|
Colin Ingram |
2010 |
|
Merchant de Lange |
2012 |
Sri Lanka (2)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Shaul Karnain |
1984 |
|
Dilhara Fernando |
2001 |
West Indies (3)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Desmond Haynes |
1978 |
|
Hendy Bryan |
1999 |
|
Fidel Edwards |
2003 |
Zimbabwe (5)
|
Player |
Year |
|
Duncan Fletcher |
1983 |
|
Andy Flower |
1992 |
|
Bryan Strang |
1995 |
|
Terry Duffin |
2006 |
|
Brian Vitori |
2011 |
For Associate teams
|
Player |
Team |
Year |
|
Austin Codrington |
Canada |
2003 |
|
Dean Minors |
Bermuda |
2006 |
|
Eoin Morgan |
Ireland |
2006 |
|
Alex Cusack |
Ireland |
2007 |
|
Chris Foggo |
Bermuda |
2008 |
|
Karun Jethi |
Canada |
2008 |
|
Mohammad Nabi |
Afghanistan |
2009 |
|
Tom Cooper |
Netherlands |
2010 |
|
Usman Ghani |
Afghanistan |
2014 |
Totally 60 players have got Man of the Match award on their ODI debut – 51 for full member teams and 9 for associate teams.