Mahmudul Hasan Joy (born 13 November 2000) is a Bangladeshi

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er. He made his List A debut for

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in the

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on 8 March 2019.

Early life

Mahmudul Hasan Joy was born on 13 November 2000 in the West Larua village of Faridganj sub-district in the Chandpur district. He is the third of four children of Abdul Barek and Hasina Begum. Joy started his journey with cricket from Clemon Chandpur cricket academy. In 2014, he got admitted in

Youth and domestic career

In December 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the second Super League semi-final of the tournament, against New Zealand, he scored a century in Bangladesh's six-wicket win. He made his

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debut on 6 December 2020, for Gazi Group Chattogram in the 2020–21 Bangabandhu T20 Cup. In February 2021, he was selected in the Bangladesh Emerging squad for their home series against the Ireland Wolves. He made his first-class debut on 26 February 2021, for the Bangladesh Emerging team against Ireland Wolves.

International career

In November 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's

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squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his Test debut on 4 December 2021, for Bangladesh against

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. In January 2022, he scored his first Test fifty against New Zealand at

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on the first match of the series. However, he missed reminder of the series due to a finger injury, which he picked on the fourth day of first Test match. In February 2022, he was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan. In March 2022, he was named in Bangladesh's ODI squad for their series against South Africa. In April 2022, in the first match against South Africa, Joy scored his first century in Test cricket. He also became the first batter for Bangladesh to score a century against South Africa in Tests.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joy, Mahmudul Hasan 2000 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan cricketers People from Chandpur District Cricketers from Chittagong Division