Tushar Imran

Sheikh Tushar Imran (born 10 December 1983) is a cricketer from Bangladesh who has represented his country in Test matches and One Day Internationals (ODIs). In January 2018 he became the first Bangladesh player to score 10,000 runs in first-class cricket.[1]

Tushar Imran
Personal information
Full nameSheikh Tushar Imran
Born (1983-12-10) 10 December 1983
Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 28)28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test11 July 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 54)23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI31 December 2007 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.55
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–presentKhulna Division
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 5 41 171 168
Runs scored 89 574 11,433 4279
Batting average 8.90 14.35 43.30 27.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 31/59 1/28
Top score 28 65 220 106*
Balls bowled 60 126 2847 1436
Wickets 0 1 30 27
Bowling average – 103.00 50.83 39.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – 1/24 3/22 4/26
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 77/– 49/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 March 2019

Career

Imran first hit the headlines aged just 17 when he made 131 from 106 balls in a domestic match for his side Khulna Division in 2000–01. This was the same season in which Bangladesh were granted Test status and although he had to wait a while to join the Test team he made his ODI debut in 2001.

His Test debut came against Sri Lanka at Colombo on July 28, 2002. He made 8 and 28 as Bangladesh were defeated by 288 runs. In order to play the game he had edged out three former Bangladeshi captains in Naimur Rahman, Akram Khan and Aminul Islam which showed that the selectors were willing to invest in him.

He has so far struggled in the international stage but is a regular for Bangladesh A who he captains. He was first part of a Bangladesh A tour when they went England in the summer of 2005. Imran impressed with a run-a-ball 70 against Surrey.

In December 2016, during the 2016–17 National Cricket League, he scored his 19th century, the most first-class hundreds by a Bangladeshi.[2] He was the top run-scorer in the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League, with a total of 731 runs.[3]

In January 2018, during the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, he scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.[4] He became the first Bangladesh player to reach this landmark.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Central Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 725 runs in six matches.[6]

In October 2018, during the 2018–19 National Cricket League, he became the first batsman to score seven centuries in the same year in domestic cricket in Bangladesh.[7] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Khulna Division in the tournament, with 518 runs in five matches.[8]

References
  1. "Tushar reaches 10k landmark". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Imran's record-breaking ton gives Khulna full points". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. "Bangladesh Cricket League, 2016/17 Records: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. "Nurul Hasan hits rapid ton in high-scoring draw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "Abdur Razzak and Tushar Imran climb first-class summits". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. "Bangladesh Cricket League 2017/18, South Zone: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. "Soumya Sarkar impresses with bat and ball in NCL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. "National Cricket League, 2018/19 - Khulna Division: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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