Full Name

Mohammad Shoriful Islam

Born

June 03, 2001, Panchagor

Age

22y 320d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

6ft 3in

At 6ft three inches, Shoriful Islam became a left-arm pace sensation almost overnight, when he starred in Bangladesh's 2020 Under-19 World Cup triumph. He took nine wickets, but it was his aggression and pace in the knockout games against South Africa, New Zealand and (in the final against) India that stood out.

They returned home in February to much adulation and many prizes, but shortly afterwards got stuck at home by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the two domestic competitions to kick off the 2020-21 season, Shoriful looked to have taken a step further, and earned a maiden call-up to the ODI side in January 2021, for the three-match series against West Indies.

It brought cheer to Nagardanga, the small village in northern Bangladesh where he was born, and from where he would cycle for half an hour to get to the closest bazaar to have electricity, so that he could watch live cricket on TV. When he saw Mustafizur Rahman bowl left-arm pace during the 2015 India series, Shoriful's dream got bigger.

The following year, he was spotted by Alamgir Kabir, a bowling coach for Clemon Rajshahi Cricket Academy, during a trial in Dinajpur. Kabir took him under his wing, and taught him how to bowl, and how to be a cricketer. Within a year, he was playing first-class cricket for Rajshahi, and by mid-2018, he would appear for Bangladesh A in two series.

Shoriful got transferred into the Under-19 programme where bowling coach Mahbub Ali Zaki built him into a fast bowler from a medium-pacer. Shoriful's World Cup-winning performance took the country by storm, with many expecting him to be in the national team soon. That expectation became reality at the turn of 2021 when he earned his first call-up in the Bangladesh side.
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Shoriful Islam Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests10171392746223/285/5633.903.2163.2000
ODIs363616451515564/214/2127.055.5229.3300
T20Is3736725992423/213/2123.618.2017.2000
FC193025381340464/337/5429.133.1655.1100
List A7474348432001194/214/2126.895.5129.2600
T20s103101207828971274/244/2422.818.3616.3200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests10162116268.2817466.660013270
ODIs3620983167.5410678.30005330
T20Is371573664.5032112.50005190
FC19244158267.9024165.560015680
List A743716164227.8018290.1000109110
T20s103421612312*4.7312796.8500136290
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Shoriful Islam got Dimuth Karunaratne for 52 late in the day
Shoriful Islam and Khaled Ahmed added 40 off 35 balls for the ninth wicket
Shoriful Islam took two early wickets in the chase
Taskin Ahmed pulled things back late in the second powerplay
Shoriful Islam celebrates snagging Avishka Fernando second ball of the game
Shoriful Islam sent back Tamim Iqbal in the second over
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