Bangladeshi cricketer
Habibul Bashar
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Full name
| Qazi Habibul Bashar
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Born
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1972-08-17
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17 August 1972
(age 51)
Nagakanda,
Kushtia
, Bangladesh
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Batting
| Right-handed
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Bowling
| Right-arm
offbreak
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Role
| Top-order batsman
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National side
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Test debut (cap
4
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| 10 November 2000 v
India
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Last Test
| 22 February 2008 v
South Africa
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ODI debut (cap
29
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| 6 April 1995 v
Sri Lanka
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Last ODI
| 12 May 2007 v
India
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ODI shirt no.
| 7 (previously 5)
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Years
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2000?2001
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines
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2003?2010
| Khulna Division
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Qazi Habibul Bashar
(
Bengali
:
???? ??????? ?????
; born 17 August 1972) is a retired Bangladeshi
cricketer
and the former captain of the
Bangladesh cricket team
. Under the managership of
Dav Whatmore
, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test victory of Bangladesh came under his hands in 2005 against Zimbabwe. Under Habibul Bashar's captaincy, Bangladesh have beaten Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka in limited overs matches. Habibul Bashar is currently one of the chief selectors of
BCB
, along with
Abdur Razzak
and
Minhajul Abedin
.
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Early career
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In 1989, Habibul Bashar played for the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the U-19 Asia Cup. Through the 1990s he played his domestic cricket for
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
. His ODI debut came at the 1995
Asia Cup
against
Sri Lanka
. He missed the
1997 ICC Trophy
, in which Bangladesh were the champions but did play in the Asia Cup of that year. He was also left out of the
1999 World Cup
squad. After the World Cup he again entered the team and with
Eddie Barlow
's inspiration he got the chance to play more.
Keeping up with the traditional inconsistency with announcing the side, Habibul Bashar was again out of the team for Bangladesh's inaugural test. His consistent performance before the test drew the attention of the press and after heavy criticism from them he was finally included in the side. Habibul Bashar made the first fifty in the history of Bangladesh Test cricket to prove his ability.
Career story
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Habibul Bashar was one of Bangladesh's leading
batsmen
. He was the captain of Bangladesh from January 2004 to June 2007, during this time he led the team to some notable successes. When
Zimbabwe
toured Bangladesh in January 2005, Bangladesh recorded their first Test match win, their first Test series win, and their first
One Day International
series win. In June 2005, Bangladesh beat the world champions
Australia
in a One Day International in
Cardiff
. In April 2006, they came close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, eventually losing by three wickets. Bangladesh lost the ODI series with Zimbabwe in August 2006 by 3?2, but beat them in the last qualifying match of the Champions Trophy. Thanks to these efforts, Bangladesh are currently above Zimbabwe in the LG ICC ODI rankings, and showing that they are improving by the match.
Habibul Bashar had a disappointing
2007 World Cup
as a batsman, with an average of only 13.12 and a highest score of 32. In spite of this, Bangladesh performed relatively well. Following a 1?0 test series defeat to India, Habibul Bashar resigned as ODI captain but wanted to remain part of the ODI team. However, despite stating that he wanted to continue to be test captain, Habibul Bashar was removed from this position on 2 June 2007 and replaced by
Mohammad Ashraful
who also took over as ODI captain.
On 14 September, he announced his retirement from international cricket. Then he became the captain of the
Dhaka Warriors
side in ICL.At the end of 2009 he retired from ICL and came back at the mainstream of Bangladesh cricket. He has retired from all forms of professional cricket after playing the 2009/10 season. Currently he is playing in the local weekend cricket tournament for The Josephite Warriors. Bashar was also a national Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh. On 20 January 2022, Habibul Bashar joined Asia Lions along with Mohammad Rafique in Legends League Cricket.
2017 Champions Trophy
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Habibul Habibul Bashar set to represent
Bangladesh
as the brand ambassador during the
2017 ICC Champions Trophy
.
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Career milestones
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Tests
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Test Debut: vs
India
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Dhaka
in 2000
- He made his highest score of 113 in Test cricket against
West Indies
in 2004
- Test Centuries:
1. 108 vs
Zimbabwe
,
Chattogram
in 2001
2. 108 vs
Pakistan
,
Karachi
in 2003
3. 113 vs
West Indies
,
Gros Islet
in 2004
- Bashar's most prolific form was in 2003 where he scored 801 runs with 1 century & 7 fifties, averaging 44.50
ODIs
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ODI Debut: vs
Sri Lanka
,
Sharjah
in 1995
- He made his highest score of 78 in ODI's against
Zimbabwe
in 2007
References
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