The left arm orthodox spinner of Bangladesh, Abdur Razzak, has performed brilliantly in the recently played T20 series of three matches between Bangladesh and Ireland. In the first T20, Razzak bowled brilliantly and gave away only 9 runs in his full quota of 4 overs. In T20 matches, the economy rate up to 8 runs per over are quite acceptable. So, to bowl with an economy rate of 2.25 runs per over in a T20 game is incredible.

For the Irish batsmen, it was very tough to negotiate Razzak. He was bowling with an accurate line and length, so, it was quite difficult to play the ball in the gaps and rotate the strike regularly. Also, Razzak was so quick through the air that the Irish batsmen can’t go down the track to loft him over the top. Not only Razzak, all the Bangladeshi spinners were quite hard to play for the Irish Guys. Another left arm spinner, Elias Sunny, took 5 wickets for 13 runs in the 1^st T20 game. Apart from that, the other spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah also gave Irish batsmen a tough time in the series. Bangladesh whitewashed Ireland and won the series 3-0. The Irish batsmen have to work on their skills of playing spin. In all the three matches, they got into a tangle as soon as a spinner came into the attack.

On being asked about such impressive performance of the team, Razzak said that winning the series by 3-0 is a great result for his team. As per Razzak, it’s true that Ireland is a low ranked team, but the domination with which Bangladesh has played in the series is an encouraging sign for the Bangladesh cricket. He said that the World T20 Championship is going to be held in Sri Lanka, where the conditions would be spinner friendly. If the Bangladeshi spinners continue bowling well, Bangladesh would do well in the World T20 Championship.

Bangladeshi cricketer Abdur Razzak who is an orthodox left arm spinner, is his national most successful one day international bowler of all time having taken a record one hundred and seventy five wickets in the one hundred and twenty six matches he has played in.

Although the bowler has only managed just nine test matches for his country this is partially due to the Countries loos of test match status for a number of periods throughout their cricketing history. The Left arm bowler has also appeared in the Indian Premier League having played in the 2008 competition for Royal Challengers Bangalore, where the Bangladeshi international made just one appearance, but benefitted from coach and captain, Anil Kumble who played for the Indian national team as a fellow spin bowler.

Razzack has been called up to play in the un-official twenty 20 tournament, which will be a tri nation format between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Bangladesh team start their campaign in Harare on June 18^th against the host nation. The Bangladesh squad includes the return of Mohammad Ashraful who has been recalled by the selectors to represent the country he previously captained. Razzack believes this to be a positive inclusion and is looking forward to meeting up with his team mate, who he believes to be one of the best players Bangladeshi cricket has produced over its recent history.

Razzack who is now twenty nine is hoping to recapture his form ahead of the series and is looking forward to playing an important role for his country hoping they can upset the odds and win the tri-nation tournament over favourites South Africa who the majority feel have too much quality for their opponents.