Mosaddek Hossain Saikat ( bn, মোসাদ্দেক হোসেন সৈকত; born 10 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi
cricket
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er who plays for the
Bangladesh national cricket team
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and for
Barisal Division
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in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in January 2016. He holds the highest strike rate in Asia Cup 2022.
Under-19 career
Mosaddek is a right-handed
batsman
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and off-spin bowler. He played for Bangladesh in two
ICC Under-19 World Cups: in Australia in 2012 and in Abu Dhabi in 2013–14. He captained Bangladesh Under-19 in a two-match series of four-day matches against Sri Lanka Under-19 in April 2013, scoring 107 in the first match and 74 in the second. He then captained the team again in a five-match series of limited-overs matches immediately afterwards, scoring more than 200 runs, including 98 in the third match which Bangladesh won by one wicket. In England later that year, in a "superb all-round performance", he scored 110* off 113 balls and then took 3 for 38 off 10 overs in a 38-run victory over England Under-19.
Senior career
At the age of 17, Mosaddek made a century in his second List A match when he scored 100 for
Abahani Limited against
Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club
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List A record
* 2013-14: 15 matches, won 10, finished thi ...
in 2013–14. He played one first-class match for
Dhaka Division
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in 2013-14 and was selected to play for
East Zone
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at the end of the season, when he took 3 for 65 and 4 for 33 against
South Zone. After the 2013–14 season,
Cricinfo named him as one of Bangladesh's most promising young players, noting that as a batsman he impressed "with his footwork against spin and ease against pace".
Mosaddek played for
Barisal Division
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in the 2014-15
National Cricket League. Against
Rangpur Division at
Savar
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he scored 250 off 448 balls, adding 423 for the fifth wicket with
Al-Amin
Abu Musa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو موسى محمد بن هارون الرشيد, Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd; April 787 – 24/25 September 813), better known by his laqab of Al-Amin ( ar, الأمين, al-Amī ...
. In his next innings a few days later on the neighbouring cricket ground, Mosaddek scored 282 off 309 balls. Both matches were drawn. In the second innings of the last match of the season, he scored 119 for
South Zone in the
Bangladesh Cricket League, taking him past 1000 for the season and his career.
Mosaddek began 2015–16 with 122 (including six
sixes) and 40 for Barisal Division, top-scoring in each innings, and scoring the first century of the worldwide 2015–16 season. In the next match, he scored 200 not out (with seven sixes) and 61, again top-scoring in each innings. Both matches were drawn. His 200 not out made him the first Bangladesh batsman to score three first-class double-centuries.
Mosaddek toured
South Africa
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and
Zimbabwe
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with
Bangladesh A in October–November 2015. He was Bangladesh A's top-scorer in the two first-class matches, against
Zimbabwe A, with 194 runs at 64.66.
In October 2018, Mossadek was named in the squad for the
Chittagong Vikings
The Chattogram Challengers ( Chittagonian/ bn, চট্টগ্রাম চ্যালেঞ্জার্স) is a franchise cricket team which participates in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The franchise was founded in 2012 & based ...
team, following the draft for the
2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
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. He captained
Abahani Limited to victory in the
2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League
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. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the
Sylhet Thunder in the
2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.
Mosaddek played for Gazi Group Chattogram in Bangabandhu T20 cup.
International career
Mosaddek made his
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) debut for Bangladesh
against Zimbabwe on 20 January 2016.
Mosaddek made his
One Day International (ODI) debut for Bangladesh
against Afghanistan on 28 September 2016,
and became the first player for Bangladesh to take a wicket with his
very first delivery in an ODI.
He scored an unbeaten 45 after coming in at number seven and batting with the tail. That complemented his figures of 2-31 off 10 overs, and a catch. However, this did not prevent Bangladesh losing the game by two wickets.
In February 2017, Mosaddek was added to Bangladesh's
Test
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squad ahead of their one-off match
against India after
Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes ( bn, ইমরুল কায়েস; born 2 February 1987) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who played for Khulna Division as a left-hand batsman and occasional wicket-keeper.
International career
He made his first-cla ...
was injured.
He made his Test debut
against Sri Lanka on 15 March 2017, in Bangladesh's 100th Test match, and scored 75 in the first innings, batting at number eight.
In December 2018, Mosaddek was named in Bangladesh's team for the
2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In April 2019, he was named in
Bangladesh's squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
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. The
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) named him as one of the five surprise picks for the tournament.
Mosaddek holds the record for the fastest fifty by any
Bangladeshi. Against
West Indies
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on 17 May 2019 he scored 50 runs in just 20 balls in the
2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
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.
On 2 August 2022, he led Bangladesh for the first time in an international match, a T20I against Zimbabwe in
Harare
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.
References
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1995 births
Living people
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladesh Test cricketers
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Barisal Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh
Dhaka Dominators cricketers
Chattogram Challengers cricketers
Abahani Limited cricketers
Bangladesh East Zone cricketers
Bangladesh South Zone cricketers
Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup