Mohammad Naim

Mohammad Naim Sheikh (born 22 August 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2019.^[1]

Naim Sheikh

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Naim Sheikh
Born	(1999-08-22) 22 August 1999 (age 25) Faridpur, Bangladesh
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Opening Batter
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2019–present)
Only Test (cap 100)	9 January 2022 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 134)	6 March 2020 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	9 September 2023 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 67)	3 November 2019 v India
Last T20I	6 September 2023 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2019	Dhaka Dynamites
2019/20	Rangpur Rangers
2022	Minister Dhaka
2023	Rangpur Riders
2024	Durdanto Dhaka
2025	Khulna Tigers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 8 35 31 Runs scored 24 95 815 1,595 Batting average 12.00 13.57 23.97 29.53 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 3/5 Top score 24 28 81 180 Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 18/– 29/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Bangladesh South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2025

Domestic career

Naim made his List A debut for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 22 February 2018.^[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was part of Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3]

Naim made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis in the 2018–19 National Cricket League on 15 October 2018.^[4]

Naim was the leading run-scorer for Legends of Rupganj in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournament, with 807 runs in 16 matches.^[5] In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season.^[6]

Bangladesh Premier League

Dhaka Dynamites

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.^[7] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Dhaka Dynamites in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League on 12 January 2019.^[8] In his debut season he scored only 62 runs in an average of 31.00 with the strike rate of 93.93 and the best of 25*.

Rangpur Rangers

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.^[9] He finished the season with 359 runs in an average of 32.63 including 2 fifties.^[10]

Minister Dhaka

In December 2021, he was selected to play for the Minister Dhaka in the 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League. He had a poor tournament personally, where scored only 50 runs in 7 innings with an average of 8.33.^[11]

Rangpur Rangers

He was again drafted in the squad of Rangpur Rangers for the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League.^[12] He scored 217 runs in an average of 16.69 with the best of 45.^[13]

Durdanto Dhaka

In 2024 Bangladesh Premier League he played for Durdanto Dhaka, where he scored 310 runs in 12 innings with an average of 25.83 including 2 fifties.^[14]

Khulna Tigers

He was drafted in the squad of Khulna Tigers for the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League. During a league stage against Rangpur Riders he scored his maiden BPL century. He scored 111* off 62 deliveries, hitting 8 sixes and 7 fours.^[15] He finished tournament as the highest run scorer. He scored 511 runs in 14 innings at an average of 42.58 including 1 century and 3 fifties.^[16] He also became the second Bangladeshi cricketer after Najmul Hossain Shanto to score 500 or more runs in a single season of Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

In September 2019, Naim received his maiden call up for national team, when he was added to the squad for last two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, but he did not play in the series.^[17] In October 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for their series against India.^[18] He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh, against India, on 3 November 2019.^[19]

In November 2019, Naim was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.^[20] Later the same month, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.^[21] The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final.^[22]

In February 2020, Naim was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[23] He made his ODI debut for Bangladesh, against Zimbabwe, on 6 March 2020.^[24]

In September 2021, Naim was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[25] In December 2021, he named in Bangladesh's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.^[26] He made his Test debut for Bangladesh on 9 January 2022, against New Zealand.^[27]

Teams Played

Bangladesh, Bangladesh U23, Bangladesh U19, Bangladesh A, Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Dhaka Dynamites, Rangpur Rangers, Beximco Dhaka, Minister Group Dhaka.^[28]