Rishad Hossain

Rishad Hossain (Bengali: রিশাদ হোসেন; born 15 July 2002) is a Bangladeshi cricketer from Nilphamari district.^[1][2] He is a right-handed batter and a leg spinner.^[3][4] He was the 6th most wicket taker in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[5][6]

Rishad Hossain

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Rishad Hossain
Born	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 23) Nilphamari, Bangladesh
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 148)	20 December 2023 v New Zealand
Last ODI	24 February 2025 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 80)	31 March 2023 v Ireland
Last T20I	22 July 2025 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 9 40 21 30 Runs scored 99 170 482 289 Batting average 19.80 8.94 17.21 16.05 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/1 0/0 Top score 48* 53 99 48* Balls bowled 446 806 2,282 1,347 Wickets 8 48 31 47 Bowling average 53.75 22.62 45.38 24.40 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/38 3/18 5/50 5/49 Catches/stumpings 6/– 23/– 27/0 16/-
Medal record Men's cricket Representing  Bangladesh Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team
Source: Cricinfo, 23 July 2025

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for North Zone in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League on 5 December 2018.^[7] He made his Twenty20 debut for Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League on 25 February 2019.^[8] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.^[9]

In February 2021, he was selected in the Bangladesh Emerging squad for their home series against the Ireland Wolves.^[10][11] He made his List A debut on 24 March 2022, for Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the 2021–22 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.^[12]

In June 2024, he was signed by Toronto Nationals for the 2024 Global T20 Canada.^[13] He missed the tournament for visa issues.

On September 2024, he was picked by Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025 BBL.^[14] He got denied to play because of conflicting schedules with BPL and a lack of necessary clearance by the BCB.^[15]

"Rishad Hossain is a T20 star in the making - he needs to be better utilised in his own country"

— Abhishek Mukherjee^[16]

In January 2025, he joined Lahore Qalandars in the silver category for PSL 10.^[17] On his debut of the PSL, he scored 1 run of 1 ball and achieved a bowling figure of 3/31 of 4 overs.^[18]

International career

2023–2024

In March 2023, he earned his maiden call-up to the Bangladesh cricket team for their T20I series against Ireland.^[19] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Bangladesh, on 31 March 2023, against Ireland.^[20] His first scoring shot in international cricket was a six which he scored on his T20I debut off the third delivery he faced.

In December 2023, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for their white-ball tour to New Zealand.^[21] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 20 December 2023^[22] where he smashed a six off the very first delivery, only the second^[a] Bangladeshi player to do so, coming into bat at number nine position.^[23]

2024–2025

In February 2024, he was named in the Bangladesh limited-overs squad for the series against Sri Lanka.^[24] During the 3rd T20I, he scored his maiden half-century in Twenty20 Internationals, scoring 53 runs off 30 balls^[25] with 7 sixes, the most by a Bangladeshi batter in T20Is at that time.^[26]

In May 2024, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[27] He picked 14 wickets from 7 matches to set the record of most wickets by a Bangladeshi bowler in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.^[28][29] He is the 6th most wicket taker in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[5][30]

Rishad was named in the Rangpur Riders squad for the 2024 Global Super League.^[31] Later he won the GSL 2024 with Rangpur Riders.

2025–2026

In January 2025, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.^[32]

Notes

1. after Shamim Hossain