"I'm recognised as a cricketer here. I am taking the field as a cricketer and not as a member of parliament. I hope that you guys will treat me the same way," he said in Dhaka on Friday. The strapping pacer, known as the ‘Narail Express’ expressed his feelings as a MP a day before the start of the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League. Mashrafe will captain Rangpur Riders, the defending champions of BPL T20 tournament.

Source: bd News24 January 04, 2019 15:22 UTC