Al-Amin Hossain Riad (born 1 January 1990) is a Bangladeshi international

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er. He attended

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. He made his international debut for the

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in February 2014

Domestic and franchise career

He took 12 wickets for Khulna and helped them defeat Chittagong by eight wickets in

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in 2011. He first ripped through the Chittagong lower order in the first innings, in which they scored just 200 runs, before leaving an even bigger impression in the second innings. Al-Amin finished with 7 for 36 in the second innings, with Chittagong getting bowled out for 144 runs. He took figures of 9 for 58, helping Khulna kick off the second phase of the National League with an eight-wicket win over Rajshahi in a low-scoring encounter that lasted just two days at the

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. In 2012, he was selected to Bangladesh "A" squad to play against England Lions. In the first unofficial ODI he took the wickets of

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and

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as England Lions were reduced to 38 for 4. In 2013, he took 6 for 16 for Abahani Limited as they rolled over

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for a paltry 35 to record a 212-run win in the Dhaka Premier League. He was in the forefront of all the carnage as he picked up all of the top five batsmen inside the first 11 overs. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Sylhet Sixers team, following the draft for the

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. He was the leading wicket-taker for Khulna Division in the 2018–19 National Cricket League, with fourteen dismissals in five matches. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the

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in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the

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International career

He was added to Bangladesh Test squad for New Zealand series and he made his Test début in Mirpur Test. He was selected in the 15-man squad to play in the

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, but was sent home during the tournament for breaking a team curfew.

Records

* On 26 December 2013, during the 2013–14 Victory Day T20 Cup, Al-Amin became the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in

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. *In the same match, he also became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a

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in T20s. *On 25 November 2015, during the 2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, he became the first bowler to pick up a hat-trick in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Al-Amin Bangladeshi cricketers Living people 1972 births Barisal Division cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Barisal Bulls cricketers Sylhet Sixers cricketers Abahani Limited cricketers Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club cricketers Bangladesh Central Zone cricketers Bangladesh South Zone cricketers Khulna Division cricketers Bangladesh A cricketers University of Rajshahi alumni People from Jhenaidah District Agrani Bank Cricket Club cricketers Kandy Warriors cricketers