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The Fizz won ‘Player of the year’ award

Mustafizur Rahman, the wonder boy of world cricket, has been named as Rupchanda-Prothom Alo cricketer of the year for his outstanding performance in 2015.Mustafizur, known as ‘The Fizz’, honored with the award at the star-studded ceremony of the sports award, held at the capital’s Sonargaon Hotel on Friday night.Mustafiz, who has recently been named the ESPNcricinfo debutant of the year, got the sports award for his consecutive successes in all formats of the cricket.The cutter master took two wickets in his Twenty20 debut against Pakistan. Later, he also grabbed five wickets at his opening one-day international (ODI) match against India.Soumya Sakar has been awarded emerging player of the year while Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah were named runners-up of the year.Former athlete Sufiaya Khatun, has been honored with the lifetime achievement award for 2015.