Mahmudullah, who played his career best innings a day earlier, suddenly announced his retirement

A day after playing the best innings of his career, Mahmudullah informed teammates that he was no longer ready to continue his Test career and announced his retirement. His sudden announcement ahead of the third day’s play against Zimbabwe has come as a shock to his teammates and team management. Mahmudullah scored an unbeaten 150 against Zimbabwe. This is the highest score of his Test career. This batsman made his Test debut in the year 2009 against West Indies.

Mahmudullah has scored 2914 runs in 49 Test matches at an average of 33. He has five centuries and 16 half-centuries to his name in Test cricket.

Mahmudullah has also taken 43 wickets in Test cricket. His best performance has been five wickets for 51 runs. However, Mahmudullah will continue to play limited overs cricket. In ODIs, this batsman has scored 4410 runs in 197 matches and 1507 runs in 89 T20 matches. He has 76 wickets in ODIs and 31 wickets in T20s.

This batsman has a good record in Tests against India. Mahmudullah has scored 347 runs in seven Test matches against Team India at an average of 43. His highest score is an unbeaten 96.

Mahmudullah scored five centuries in Test cricket, including two against New Zealand. Against the Kiwis, this batsman has scored 493 runs in five Test matches at an average of 49. His highest score is 146 against New Zealand.