Anisur Rahman (cricketer)

The tall left armer was successful with the ball in the U-19 Asia cup in 1989. There he took 3/44 against India, and 3/36 against Pakistan.[2]

He was elevated him to the national squad. There, however, he struggled to hold his place, as Bangladesh already had two other left arm seamers, Gholam Nousher and Jahangir Alam Talukdar. Anisur's career was also hampered by injuries and No-Ball problem. Still, he briefly emerged in 1994, following the retirement of Prince and Dulu, as the country's top pace bowler.

In the 1994-95 SAARC Quadrangular Tournament at Dhaka, (December 1994), he took 3/29 against Pakistan A, 4/29 against Sri Lanka A, & 3/28 against India A.[3] In these matches, he used the reverse swing of the old ball with great effect. In fact, Anisur Rahman was one of the first Bangladeshi bowler to successfully use the reverse swing.

He played in 2 ODIs against India, but failed to impress. On each occasion, he suffered at the hands of Sachin Tendulkar.

Rahman stood his first match as an on-field umpire in 2012 in a T20I match between Bangladesh and West Indies. In 2014, he stood his first ODI match as an umpire in a match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He stood his last match as an umpire in the group match between India and Afghanistan in the 2018 Asia Cup.

Format	First	Latest	Total	Ref(s)
Test	Did not officiated any Test Match
ODIs	Bangladesh vs  Sri Lanka at Mirpur, 20 Feb 2014	Afghanistan vs  India at Dubai, 25 Sept 2018	9	[4]
T20Is	Bangladesh vs  West Indies at Mirpur, 10 Dec 2012	Bangladesh vs  Sri Lanka at Mirpur, 15 Feb 2018	13	[5]

• as on 26 October 2018

After the group match between Afghanistan and India in 2018 Asia Cup, he did not officiate any matches and quitted his umpiring job for uncertainty of career under Bangladesh Cricket Board and went to the US in order to pursue a better future in other profession.[6]

• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

• Anisur Rahman at ESPNcricinfo