Sajidul Islam

Sajidul Islam (Bengali: সাজিদুল ইসলাম; born 18 January 1988) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international cricket debut in 2008 against New Zealand. Sajid is a left-handed batsman and left arm medium fast bowler. He played for Bangladesh Under-17s in 2003/04 and represented the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in 2006/07. He made his debut for Barisal Division in 2005/06 and took an impressive 40 first-class wickets in his first two seasons in the game, with a best analysis of 5 for 61 against Dhaka Division.

Sajidul Islam

Personal information
Full name	Sajidul Islam
Born	(1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 37) Rangpur, Bangladesh
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Role	Allrounder
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 49)	4 January 2008 v New Zealand
Last Test	25 April 2013 v Zimbabwe
Only T20I (cap 37)	11 May 2013 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2010	Barisal Division
2011–	Rangpur Division
2013–	Sylhet Royals
Umpiring information
WT20Is umpired	2 (2024)
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA Matches 3 1 54 18 Runs scored 18 – 1,083 93 Batting average 3.00 – 19.33 9.30 100s/50s 0/0 – 0/4 0/0 Top score 6 – 76 40 Balls bowled 330 6 8,139 860 Wickets 3 0 152 24 Bowling average 77.33 – 27.69 28.50 5 wickets in innings 0 – 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 – Best bowling 2/71 – 6/51 3/52 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 15/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2013

Career

In December 2007, he was called up to the Bangladesh squad on tour in New Zealand^[1] as a replacement for the injured Syed Rasel.^[2][3][4][5] On 4 January 2008 he made his Test debut, he took 2/71 which included taking a wicket with his second ball in Test cricket. In 2013, he made a successful return in the Test side when he played against Zimbabwe in Harare.^[6] In the 2012–13 season, Sajidul picked up 24 wickets for Rangpur Division which prompted his signing to the Sylhet Royals in the Bangladesh Premier League.^[7]