Mohammad Mithun ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মিঠুন; born March 3, 1991) is a Bangladeshi
cricket
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er. He made his first class in 2006/07 season for
Sylhet Division
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. He plays for
Sylhet Sunrisers
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in the
Bangladesh Premier League. He made his international debut for
Bangladesh
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in February 2014.
Domestic career
Mithun made his first-class debut playing for
Sylhet Division
Sylhet Division ( bn, সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions ...
in November 2006. He enjoyed a good limited-overs season in 2008/09 when he topped the run charts for his team with 285 runs at an imposing strike rate of 105.
In October 2018, Mithun was named in the squad for the
Rangpur Riders
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T ...
team, following the draft for the
2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
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. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the
Sylhet Thunder in the
2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the
Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the
2021 Lanka Premier League
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.
International career
Mithun was named as replacement of captain
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mushfiqur Rahim ( bn, মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain and vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keepe ...
in the two-match T20I series against
Sri Lanka in February 2014 as the wicketkeeper. Mithun had been in
Bangladesh cricket team's World T20 squad in 2009, making this his second inclusion in the senior team. He was then called up to the ODI squad for the three-match series against
India
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in June 2014 and made his ODI debut and scored 26 runs.
In October 2018, Mithun was named in Bangladesh's
Test
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squad for their series
against Zimbabwe. He made his debut for Bangladesh against
Zimbabwe
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on 11 November 2018. He became the most experienced
first-class cricket
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er from Bangladesh to make his Test debut, with 88 matches.
In April 2019, Mithun was named in
Bangladesh's 15 man squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
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.
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1991 births
Living people
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladesh Test cricketers
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers
Sylhet Division cricketers
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh
Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
Khulna Tigers cricketers
Fortune Barishal cricketers
Legends of Rupganj cricketers
Kala Bagan Krira Chakra cricketers
Bangladesh South Zone cricketers
Rangpur Riders cricketers
Khulna Division cricketers
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Kandahar Knights cricketers
People from Kushtia District
Cricketers from Khulna Division
South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh
South Asian Games medalists in cricket
21st-century Bengalis
Wicket-keepers