Quote:Mustafizur's bowling numbers in all formats in his short career so far is almost beyond belief. In every format his bowling average is below 20, with his worst average being 18.38, in 15 first-class matches. In the three international formats he averages less than 15 in each (though he has played only two Tests). His economy rates in T20s and T20Is are less than six; in ODIs it is less than 4.3, and he averages nearly three wickets per game. It is obvious that some of these numbers won't remain quite as exceptional over a longer career, but the quality that he possesses and his bowling nous is also equally obvious.

Quote:In his short cricket career so far, it's clear that most batsmen haven't figured him out. He averages 13.73 against right-handers and 17.58 against left-handers in T20s, and concedes less than 6.5 against each. He has dismissed several top batsmen in this format, including AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, Steven Smith, Kane Williamson and Shane Watson, and has often got his wickets with skillful deliveries that has defeated batsmen, not just by batsmen making errors while looking to slog.

Quote:"We are so used to right arm bowlers who bowl quick and also bowl off-cutters to surprise batsmen. Now this guy is a left-armer and his cutters and pace changes are things that nobody has seen before," Steyn said.

"Every year somebody comes up, somebody steps up. At the World Cup, last year, we had Trent Boult and Mitchell Starc who came out and did something different. They both were bowling yorkers and swinging the white ball extremely well.  While Starc was hitting 100 mph-mark, Boult was swinging it upfront. Now we have got Mustafizur from Bangladesh.  I hope he goes from strength to strength. I hope we have a few more guys like Mustafizur next season.