Mohammed Nazimuddin Ahmed (born 1 October 1985) is a Bangladeshi

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er. A right-handed specialist

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, he is the captain of

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, and has played

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and

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. Nazimuddin made his first-class debut at the age of 16. Over the following seasons he was selected to play in the Bangladesh A and Bangladesh Under-19 teans. He played his first senior match for Bangladesh in 2007, in a Twenty20 tournament in Kenya. He was also selected in the Bangladesh national squad tour to Australia in August and September 2008. However, he broke his finger in the warmup to the matches and could not participate. Later in 2008, he was part of a group of Bangladesh players banned from Bangladeshi cricket for ten years for playing in the private

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(ICL). He left the ICL in 2009; the

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responded by rescinding its ban. Nazimuddin was recalled to the national team for the two-Test series against Pakistan in December 2011. He made his Test debut in the first match of the series in

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

, opening the batting for Bangladesh.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazimuddin 1985 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers Chittagong Division cricketers Dhaka Dominators cricketers Khulna Tigers cricketers Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Bangladesh East Zone cricketers Barisal Division cricketers Bangladesh under-23 cricketers Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games People from Chittagong