Bangladesh veteran Mahmudullah Riyad called time on an 18-year international career through a Facebook post yesterday. The 39-year-old, who scored 11,047 runs in international cricket, had retired from Tests in 2021 and called time on his T20I career last year in October. Here we present the highlights of his career:

*Mahmudullah scored 5689 runs from 239 matches at an average of 36.46 and a strike-rate of 77.64 in ODIs. He has four centuries and 32 fifties to his name; with the ball, he has 82 wickets at an economy-rate of 5.21 in the format.

*He is the fourth-highest run-getter in the format for the Tigers, after Tamim Iqbal (8357), Mushfiqur Rahim (7795), and Shakib Al Hasan (7570), and also played the fourth-most ODIs for the country.

*The 39-year-old has a best score of 128 not out in ODIs which was against New Zealand in the 2015 ODI World Cup. The knock was his second ton in the campaign after he scored a 103 (against England in Bangladesh's previous match) which was the first century by a Bangladesh player in a major ICC event.

*The right-handed batter has four centuries in major ICC events (3 in World Cups and 1 in 2017 Champions Trophy) – the most by a Bangladesh player. Two of his tons contributed to winning causes (against England in Adelaide in the 2015 World Cup and against New Zealand in Cardiff in the 2017 Champions Trophy), while the other two failed to drive the Tigers to a win.

*He tops the list for most sixes hit a Bangladesh player in ODIs (107) and T20Is (77).

*With 2914 runs in 50 matches at an average of 33.49, Mahmudullah sits sixth for most runs for Bangladesh in Tests. He is the country second-highest run-scorer in T20Is with 2444 runs in 141 matches at a strike-rate of 117.38 and an average of 23.50.

* Under his captaincy, Bangladesh won 16, lost 26, and saw one match yield no result in 43 T20Is. He also scored 782 runs at an average of 23, including two fifties and a high score of 52, as a captain in the shortest format.

*He also led Bangladesh in six Tests. Under Mahmudullah's captaincy, the Tigers won one (against Zimbabwe in Mirpur in 2018) and drew one (against Sri Lanka in Chattogram in 2018) while losing four Tests. However, his batting average of 59.44 as a Test captain is significantly higher than his overall career Test average of 33.49.

*His unbeaten 150 in his final Test, against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2021, is also his career-best score in the format.

*Mahmudullah has been a part of Bangladesh's 'Big Five', also including Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, and Mushfiqur Rahim.