Bangladesh ODI captain Mortaza wins election, becomes 1st active cricketer to become an MP

In India, many ex-cricketers have fought elections but in Bangladesh, the current ODI cricket team captain too has participated in the ongoing elections.

As per news wire agency ANI, Bangladesh ODI Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has contested from Narail 2 constituency on an Awami League ticket.

As per the latest information, Mashrafe has in fact won the seat and that too by a huge margin. He got 274,418 votes as against his nearest opponent who received just 8,006 votes.


With this, he became the first active cricketer to become a Member of Parliament and the second national cricket team captain, after Naimur Rahman Durjoy, to enter the Parliament.

Polling in Bangladesh was held yesterday. The official declaration with regards to election results is yet to be made. The local media, however, have reported that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led Bangladesh Awami League is likely to make the government in the country for the third consecutive term.

With ANI Inputs