Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, on Tuesday, surprised everyone by sporting jersey number ‘0’ during a T20 game in the ongoing edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

It was a surprise for the fans,  who are used to seeing him wearing number two on his jersey.  Mortaza turned up for Rangpur Riders with zero embossed on his back against Rajshahi Kings in a BPL T20 match.

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The move of the Rangpur Riders captain Mortaza made journalists curious to know the reason for his latest change and, the Bangladesh pacer said that it was a first step of making a fresh start.

He further reasoned that he is inspired by South African hard-hitting batsman Herschelle Gibbs, who used to wear jersey number ‘00’.

According to a report in Cricbuzz, Mashrafe Mortaza said, “I was inspired by an interview of Gibbs that I read a few days back. There it was stated ‘start from zero again’ and honestly it was quite motivating.”

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Now, there are only Mortaza and Gibbs two players from international cricket to wear the specific number. On being asked about his changing jersey numbers, Mortaza said that he wants to complete the circle. He concluded by saying, “Initially I wore 20 and then later decided to keep the first part and began wearing 2. Now I am going back to the second part to complete the circle.”