Mohammad Saikat Ali (born 23 October 1991 in

Manikganj Manikganj is a district situated in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Manikganj is one of the green and pollution free towns in Bangladesh. The recent urbanization and highway built joining Dhaka and Shingair Upazilla has given it an outstanding road ...

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), known as Saikat Ali, is a Bangladeshi first-class,

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and

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er since the 2008–09 Bangladeshi cricket season. Saikat is a right-handed

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and a right arm

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bowler. He is currently (July 2016) playing for

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. Early in his career, he was playing for the

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. Saikat Ali, a right-hand batsman who bowls medium-pace, was in the Bangladesh squads for the 2008 and 2010 Under-19 World Cups. He scored a fifty as an opener in a one-dayer against England U-19 in November 2009 and also took 3–11 against the same team in another one-dayer. Saikat's favourite cricketer is Jacques Kallis whom he admires for his all-round skills.

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1991 births Bangladeshi cricketers Dhaka Division cricketers Dhaka Metropolis cricketers Sylhet Division cricketers Bangladesh Central Zone cricketers Bangladesh South Zone cricketers Dhaka Dominators cricketers Rangpur Riders cricketers Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers Prime Bank Cricket Club cricketers Living people People from Manikganj District {{Bangladesh-cricket-bio-1990s-stub