Mohammad Saif Hassan ( bn, মোহাম্মদ সাইফ হাসান; born 30 October 1998) is a Bangladeshi

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er. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team during tour to Pakistan in February 2020. Hassan's mother's family is from Sri Lanka.

Domestic career

In January 2017 in the

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, he became the youngest player in Bangladesh to score a first-class double century when he made 204 for

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. He made his

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debut for Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the

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on 25 February 2019. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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tournament, with 814 runs in 16 matches. In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the

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in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

In December 2015 he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the captain of the Bangladesh U-19 side for the

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. In December 2017, he was named as the captain of Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2018, he was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In October 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's

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squad for the series against India. He did not play in the first Test, and on the eve of the second Test, he was ruled out of the match with a split webbing. In November 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the

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. The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final. In February 2020, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the first

match against Pakistan. He made his Test debut for Bangladesh, against

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, on 7 February 2020. On 8 September 2020, BCB confirmed that Saif along with a staff member was tested positive for

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just prior to the training camp as a warm up for the test series against Sri Lanka which was scheduled to be held in October 2020. He was immediately asked to self isolated by the BCB and was left out of Bangladesh's preliminary squad for the test series against Sri Lanka. A week later, he tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in his second COVID-19 test. In February 2021, he was selected in the Bangladesh Emerging squad for their home series against the Ireland Wolves. He was one of the leading run-scorers in the unofficial ODI series, with 190 runs in 5 matches, which included a

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. In April 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's preliminary

squad for their series against Sri Lanka. In November 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut on 19 November 2021, for Bangladesh against

. He was named captain for Asian Games 2023 squad. On 4 October 2023, he made his captaincy debut against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Saif 1998 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers Barisal Division cricketers Dhaka Division cricketers Cricket Coaching School cricketers Khulna Tigers cricketers Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh Asian Games medalists in cricket Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers from Dhaka