Mashrafe Bin Mortaza,popularly known as the Narail Express,is a Bangladeshi politician and cricketer who captained in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narail-2 constituency during 2019–2024. He is widely regarded as the most successful captain for the Bangladesh cricket team.
Mushfiqur Rahim is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batter and wicket-keeper in the national team.
The Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Bangladesh in cricket at Under-19 level. Known as the Young Tigers,the team has been playing youth official Test match since 2004,and has won the ACC Under-19 Cup in 2023,winning against the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team by 195 runs in the final match. It has won one Under-19 World Cup in 2020.
ASM Raqibul Hasan is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in two ODIs in 1986. He is widely regarded as one of the best Bangladeshi batsman of his era. After retiring from international cricket,he has become a match referee. He won the Independence Award in 2023 for his contribution to the field of sports.
Raqibul Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who also plays for Dhaka Division. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and in 2007 became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score a triple hundred in first-class cricket when Barisal played Sylhet Division in March 2007. Another notable achievement was a century on his first-class debut,for Bangladesh A against Zimbabwe A in February 2005. He represented Bangladesh in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Farhad Reza is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the first batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on ODI debut. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm fast-medium pace bowler and played domestic cricket for Rajshahi Division from 2004 until 2008. Initially Reza was not being picked for the national side by the selectors and Bashar insisted during the tournament that he could have used him. Finally he came to the squad after the injury of Tapash Baisya during the Super Eight stage. Reza retired from international and domestic cricket in September 2008,aged 22,to play in the Indian Cricket League (ICL). He represents the Dhaka Warriors,a team in the ICL made up solely of Bangladeshi players.
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Bangladeshi cricket team. He is also a former member of Parliament for Magura-1. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi sportsman and one of the greatest all-rounders of all time.
Mahmudullah Riyad,also known as Riyad,is a Bangladeshi cricketer and former T20I captain. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented national team in all formats. An all-rounder,he is a lower or middle-order batter as well as an off spin bowler. He has scored more than 10,000 runs and taken 150+ wickets in international cricket. He is renowned for his ability to finish a close limited over game. He is the first Bangladeshi to score a World Cup hundred. Mahmudullah started his career as a bowler and then converted into a batsman who could bowl off-breaks.
Beginning in the mid 1800s,Cricket has been widely popular in Afghanistan,though progress on the international level was slow. In 1995,The Afghanistan Cricket Board was founded. Afghanistan became an affiliate member of ICC in 2001,after forming a national team. From 2008 to 2013,Afghanistan went from Division Five of the World Cricket League to a Full Associate Member. Afghanistan debuted in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan qualified for finals in ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 and defeated West Indies in finals. 2019 World Cup was 2nd World Cup which Afghanistan qualified. They qualified under the captaincy Asgar Afghan.
Yasir Ali Chowdhury,also known as Yasir Ali Rabbi,is a Bangladeshi cricketer.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national team. A bowling-all-rounder,he is a right-handed batter and a right-arm off break bowler. On 11 February 2016,he was awarded 'Player of the Tournament' at the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016,becoming the only Bangladeshi player to achieve this honor in an ICC Event. In November 2018,against the West Indies,he took the best match figures for a Bangladesh bowler in a Test match. In February 2021,he scored his maiden century in Tests against the West Indies. In the same series,he became the fastest bowler for Bangladesh,in terms of matches,to take 100 wickets in Test cricket,doing so in his 24th match. In May 2021,he was the No. 2 ODI bowler in ICC Rankings,becoming the third Bangladeshi bowler ever to hold that position;the other two being Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzak.
Mohammad Saif Hassan is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team during tour to Pakistan in February 2020. Hassan's mother's family is from Sri Lanka.
The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 17 January to 9 February 2020. It was the thirteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup,and the second to be held in South Africa after the 1998 event. Sixteen teams took part in the tournament,split into four groups of four. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super League,with the bottom two teams in each group progressing to the Plate League. Bangladesh were the defending champions.
Shamim Hossain Patowari is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in July 2021 against Zimbabwe.
Tawhid Hridoy is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Rajshahi Division in the 2017–18 National Cricket League on 13 October 2017.
Mahmudul Hasan Joy is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 8 March 2019.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib is a Bangladeshi cricketer,who is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sylhet Division in domestic cricket.
Mohammad Mrittunjoy Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi cricketer. Chowdhury was part of Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,although he was later ruled out of the tournament with an injury. Due to his injury,the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sent Chowdhury to Australia for surgery.
