Khaled Mahmud

For other people with the same name, see Khalid Mahmood (disambiguation).

Khaled Mahmud Sujon (born 26 July 1971) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and current head coach of Dhaka Capitals. He is also a former Test and One Day International captain. A medium-pace bowler and middle-order batsman, he played international cricket for Bangladesh from 1998 to 2006, captaining the team from 2003 to 2004.^[1]

Khaled Mahmud Sujon

Khaled Mahmud in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Khaled Mahmud Sujon
Born	(1971-07-26) 26 July 1971 (age 54) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side	Bangladesh (1998–2006)
Test debut (cap 18)	8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	29 October 2003 v England
ODI debut (cap 38)	10 January 1998 v India
Last ODI	20 February 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	11 (previously 9)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000/01	Dhaka Metropolis
2001/02–2005/06	Dhaka Division
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 12 77 46 125 Runs scored 266 991 1,767 891 Batting average 12.09 14.36 25.24 19.10 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/9 1/3 Top score 45 50 141* 145* Balls bowled 1620 3385 6,258 5,453 Wickets 13 67 97 144 Bowling average 64.00 42.76 31.58 29.63 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/37 4/19 5/32 5/17 Catches/stumpings 2/– 17/– 21/– 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 September 2017

Domestic career

He scored his only List A cricket century (145*) against Bhahawalpur where he along with Minhajul Abedin Nannu set the highest 5th wicket stand in List A cricket history (267*).^[2][3]

International career

Mahmud was born in Dhaka. An all-rounder in domestic cricket, his international success was mostly limited to his bowling in One Day Internationals, peaking with the defeat of Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup, when he scored 27 runs and took 3 wickets for 31 runs off 10 overs bowling and won the man of the match award.^[4] He took 4 wickets for 37 runs and 3 wickets for 68 runs in the Third Test against Pakistan at Multan in 2003–04.^[5]

In October 2005, according to BBC news, Mahmud decided to retire from international cricket,^[6] but he denied it as speculation next day.^[7]

Mahmud retired from international cricket in 2006, scoring a respectable 36 runs in his final match.^[8] He is still the only Bangladeshi cricketer in history to retire from international cricket at the stadium instead of announcing it in social media or press conference.^[9]

Post playing career

Since retirement, Mahmud has held several roles with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). He was operations manager of the National Cricket Academy prior to being made appointed assistant coach to the national team in 2009.^[10] In 2013, he was elected as one of 25 BCB directors.^[11] He has also worked as manager of the team, selector and the technical director.^[12][13] He served as team director during the 2023 World Cup.^[14]

Health

In July 2017, he suffered a stroke and was taken to Singapore for treatment.^[15]