List of the Best Batsmen of Bangladesh in One Day Matches

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There are several Bangladesh players who have proved to be the best batsmen in one-day cricket and have proved themselves to the world. Let’s learn about them and their performances through short descriptions as follows. We include the achievements and the records of the players to describe their contributions and records made with their performances over time. 

Shakib Al Hasan

In 2007, Shakib Al Hasan faced India in his first test. His breakthrough was in the 2008 Chittagong Test match against New Zealand. He recorded 7/36, the greatest bowling performance by a Bangladeshi bowler to date. Shakib amassed 237 runs, including three fifty-plus scores, and six wickets in the 2012 Asia Cup.

For the first time, Bangladesh advanced to the tournament’s championship game, where they were defeated by Pakistan by two runs. For his performance in the match, Shakib Al Hasan won a number of accolades. In the 2019 Cricket World Cup, he received the Player of the Tournament title for scoring consecutive hundreds and half-centuries for his nation. With 606 total runs, he finished the tournament as the third-highest run-scorer. 

Tamim Iqbal Khan

Tamim participated in his maiden Test the following year after making his ODI debut in 2007. Against Ireland, he scored his first century. At Lord’s Stadium, he is the first Bangladeshi batsman to have scored a century against the English cricket team. Between December 2010 and September 2011, he was the national team’s vice-captain. Tamim became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to reach 50 ODI half-centuries in March 2021. He has the most runs scored in an international career of any Bangladeshi batsman to date with more than 14000. Tamim has scored 25 hundred overall in international cricket, becoming Bangladesh’s leading century-maker. 

Mushfiqur Rahim

At the age of 16, Mushfiqur began his international debut in 2005 against England. In his maiden Test game, he was forced to take the field as a specialist batsman. As a result, he played at Lord’s Cricket Stadium as the sport’s youngest player. He continued to bat consistently further down the order, and he was an excellent wicketkeeper for Bangladesh’s spin-heavy attack. In a Test match against India in 2010, he had his big break. There, he recorded the fastest century by a Bangladeshi to date. He has about 11,000 runs and more than 400 dismissals, making him the fifth-highest run-scorer among wicket keepers.

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Mohammad Ashraful

Before they fall from grace, some cricketers become household names and inspire millions of people. Hansie Cronje’s name quickly springs to mind. Mohammad Ashraful, who was considered to be the next big star when he made his debut as a teenager and became the youngest batsman to ever score a Test hundred, is Bangladesh cricket’s answer to Cronje. 

His century against the powerful Australians at Cardiff, which led to one of the biggest ODI upsets ever, is now considered a legend. The majority of supporters were in complete disbelief when it was revealed that he had been involved in match-fixing. But before this incident, Ashraful had made his nation proud by amassing more than 6,000 runs and 9 international hundreds. He is still regarded as one of the best batsmen to have played for Bangladesh.

Habibul Bashar

Habibul Bashar doesn’t have the most impressive numbers, like the majority of other cricket players who competed at the international level during the team’s formative years. However, this guy is more than just his batting average and total runs scored. He was a rock-solid middle order batsman who often held one end while playing a seasoned veteran’s innings. After a string of remarkable half-centuries, he was nicknamed “Mr Fifty.” 

His variety of strokes, which made him stand out from his colleagues since he could play the pull and hook confidently against the quickest bowlers, set him apart from the rest in the dressing room. He has the distinction of being the first Bangladeshi batsman to reach a half-century in a Test match. By the time he was done, he had amassed three tonnes and more over 5,000 international runs.

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