Bangladesh Cricket

Minority community of Bangladesh

The minority people of Bangladesh are leaved in southeastern, northwestern, north-central and northeastern regions of Bangladesh. These regions include the Chittagong...

Bangladesh Cricket

Cricket is one of the popular sports of Bangladesh. More people are like cricket. Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained momentum...

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Cricket is one of the popular sports of Bangladesh. More people are like cricket. Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained momentum and soon surpassed football, especially after Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia. Now Bangladesh cricket team playing all versions of Cricket, like test, ODI, T20 etc. Bangladesh plying world cup from 1999 also. Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Bangladesh is the tenth Test cricket playing nation in the world. Bangladesh cricket is administered by the Bangladesh cricket board (BCB).

History:
Cricket started in this country from the beginning of the country. In 1977, Bangladesh became an Associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).Bangladesh was one of fifteen teams to take part in the inaugural ICC Trophy. Held in 1979, it gave non-Test playing countries the opportunity to qualify for that year’s World Cup. The first captain Raqibul Hasan was captaincy that tournament. Bangladesh won two matches and two lost. From the start, then going up today, now Bangladesh is a strong team in the world cricket.

Bangladesh took part in each of the 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994 editions of the ICC Trophy, and won the trophy in 1997, in the process qualified for the 1999 World Cup. After that Bangladesh was getting ODI status from ICC. The team has been more successful in ODIs, having won 76 of its 270 matches, and has also played 28 Twenty20 Internationals, winning eight. In 2000, Bangladesh attained the status of a Test playing nation. As of 8 January 2014, Bangladesh has played 81 Tests, winning only 4. Its first victory was against a young and inexperienced Zimbabwe team, which was hit by a player crisis, the next two were against a West Indian team crippled by a players’ strike.

Bangladesh Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Naimur Rahman	2000-2001	7	0	6	1
2	Khaled Mashud	2001-2003	12	0	12	0
3	Khaled Mahmud	2003-2004	9	0	9	0
4	Habibul Bashar	2003-2006	18	1	13	4
5	Mohammad Ashraful	2007-2009	10	0	9	1
6	Mashrafe Mortaza	2009	1	1	0	0
7	Shakib Al Hasan	2009-2011	9	1	8	0
8	Mushfiqur Rahim	2011-till date	14	1	8	5
Grand total			83	4	68	11

Bangladeshi ODI captains
No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Gazi Ashraf	1986–1990	7	0	0	7	0
2	Minhajul Abedin	1990	2	0	0	2	0
3	Akram Khan	1995–1998	15	1	0	14	0
4	Aminul Islam	1998–2000	16	2	0	14	0
5	Naimur Rahman	2000–2001	4	0	0	4	0
6	Khaled Mashud	2001–2006	30	4	0	24	2
7	Khaled Mahmud	2003	15	0	0	15	0
8	Habibul Bashar	2004–2007	69	29	0	40	0
9	Rajin Saleh	2004	2	0	0	2	0
10	Mohammad Ashraful	2007–2009	38	8	0	30	0
11	Shakib Al Hasan	2009–2011	47	22	0	25	0
11	Mashrafe Mortaza	2010	7	3	0	4	0
12	Mushfiqur Rahim	2011–present	33	11	0	21	1
Total			285	80	202	0	3