Taskin Ahmed

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Taskin Ahmed
Mahbub Ali Zaki with Taskin Ahmed (cropped).jpg
Taskin in 2016
Personal information
Full nameTaskin Ahmed Tazim
Born (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 26)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NicknameTazim
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 83)12 January 2017 v New Zealand
Last Test7 July 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 112)17 June 2014 v India
Last ODI20 July 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut (cap 43)1 April 2014 v Australia
Last T20I25 July 2021 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentDhaka Metropolis
2012–2013Chittagong Kings
2015–2017Chittagong Vikings
2018–presentKandahar Knights
2019Sylhet Sixers
2019/20Rangpur Rangers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 8 42 23 59
Runs scored 156 61 39 119
Batting average 12.00 4.35 7.80 17.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 75 14 15* 38*
Balls bowled 1389 1913 406 2580
Wickets 15 55 14 90
Bowling average 63.53 33.05 40.50 38.67
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 1
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling 4/127 5/28 2/32 5/28
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 2/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 July 2021
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Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team

Taskin Ahmed Tazim (Bengali: তাসকিন আহমেদ তাজিম; born 3 April 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He represents Dhaka Metropolis in first-class and List A cricket and the Rangpur Rangers franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Early and domestic career[]

Taskin started cricket in Abahani playground on 10 January 2007.[1] After playing under-15 and under-17 level, he was selected to play for the Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team.[2] He made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis in October 2011 against Barisal Division.[3]

In the 2012 ICC Under-19 World Cup, Taskin was the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh, taking 11 wickets. In his second Twenty20 in the BPL 2 for the Chittagong Kings, he was named man of the match for his bowling figures of 4/31 against Duronto Rajshahi in the semi-final. He took 8 wickets in 4 matches which was the most important turning point of his career.[4]

In BPL 3, Taskin played for Chittagong Vikings. He became the 4th most searched person of 2015 in Google from Bangladesh.[5]

In October 2018, Taskin was named in the squad for the Sylhet Sixers team following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[6] He was the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with twenty-two dismissals in twelve matches.[7] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[8]

International career[]

After Mashrafe Mortaza, Taskin is the second fastest bowler in the history of Bangladesh cricket. During the 2015 World Cup, when Taskin clocked 146 km/h in a match against Afghanistan,[9] where Mashrafe Mortaza has clocked 148 km/h during a Test against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2001.[9][10]

Taskin can consistently bowl around 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph). The door of national team opened for him suddenly in case of Mashrafe's injury. He made his T20I debut on 1 April 2014 and took the wicket of Glenn Maxwell in T20I debut. On 17 June 2014, he took 5 wickets against India as the first Bangladeshi ODI debut bowler. This outstanding performance was nominated as one of the best performance of 2014 in Cricinfo award.

Taskin was selected in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup for his outstanding performance in domestic cricket in 2014 season. In group stage of WC, he took one wicket against Afghanistan, three against Scotland and two against England, which had a very important role to qualify in the quarter-final. The next time Bangladesh faced India was in Melbourne, the World Cup quarter-final. It was a full-strength Indian team this time around. Taskin impressed again by taking three wickets. He was the highest wicket-taker from Bangladesh in WC-2015. The epic celebration between Taskin and Mashrafe after getting wicket called "Chest-bump" was nominated as one of the most memorable moments of WC-2015.

Taskin also had an important role to "Banglawash" Pakistan in April 2015 and series winning against India in June 2015.

In 2016, Taskin was selected in Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. However, he was later suspended from bowling in international cricket due to an illegal action bowled during the tournament.[11]

Taskin made his Test debut for Bangladesh against New Zealand on 12 January 2017 and picked up his maiden test wicket dismissing Kane Williamson.[12]

In June 2021, he was named in the Bangladesh's squad across all formats for their tour to Zimbabwe.[13] In the only Test match against Zimbabwe, he scored 75 runs and claimed his maiden half-century in Test cricket.[14] He sustained a partnership of 191 runs along with Mahmudullah, which was the second highest ninth wicket partnership in Test cricket.[15] Taskin's 75 runs was also the highest individual score at number 10 by a Bangladeshi batsman in away.[16]

Personal life[]

Taskin is the son of businessman Abdur Rashid and Sabina Yasmin.[17] Taskin completed SSC from King Khaled Institute and HSC from Stamford College.[18] He then studied at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).[19]

In November 2017, Taskin married his childhood friend Sayeda Rabeya Nayeem.[20] On 30 September 2018, their first child, Tashfeen Ahmed Rihan was born.[21][22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Memoirs of an international fast bowler: The Taskin Ahmed story". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "All 16 team squads announced for ICC U19 CWC, ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 News –". ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Barisal Division v Dhaka Metropolis, 30 October – 2 November 2011". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  4. ^ Isam, Mohammad (16 February 2013). "Taskin keeps Kings' final hopes alive". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. ^ Panwar, Daksh (17 June 2015). "Taskin Ahmed: A tall, fast and handful poster-boy". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Premier League, 2018/19 - Sylhet Sixers: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mashrafe still holds Bangladeshi bowler's fastest delivery record - Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Mashrafe Mortaza fastest bowler 148 kph". Daily Naya Diganta. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Taskin and Sunny suspended from bowling due to actions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Bangladesh tour of New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Wellington, Jan 12–16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Bangladesh announces Test, ODI, T20I squad for Zimbabwe tour". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Mahmudullah, Taskin keep Tigers in command". New Age. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed revel in comeback party". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Mahmudullah-Taskin swing things Tigers' way". The Business Standard. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  17. ^ "`Happy Birthday` Taskin". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Happy Birthday Taskin Ahmed". 3 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Taskin ties the knot". The Daily Star. 1 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Taskin Ahmed Gets Married, Fans Troll Him And Wife".
  21. ^ "Imrul and Taskin become fathers of boys". NTV. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Bangladesh cricketers greet fans on Eid". Prothom Alo. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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