Gazi Mohammad Tahjibul Islam (born 23 July 2004) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who is a right-handed

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and a wicket-keeper. He started playing cricket at the age of 6, and later received training from the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan. In December 2021, Tahjibul was named in Bangladesh's squad for

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and

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. He made his Twenty20 debut for

Shinepukur Cricket Club Shinepukur Cricket Club is a cricket team in Bangladesh. Before the 2016–17 season the Cricket Coaching School club defaulted on its player payments and was bought by Beximco, Bangladesh's largest conglomerate, and renamed Shinepukur Cricket C ...

on 16 June 2021, against Gazi Group Cricketers in the

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. He made his

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debut on 30 March 2022, against Abahani Limited in the

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. In February 2024, he was signed by Durdanto Dhaka to play for them in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League. At the age of 19, Tahjib was appointed

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Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL), beginning with the 2023–24 season. In 2022–23 it won the Dhaka First Division Cricket League for first time ...

for their initial season of List A cricket in the

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. He scored 85, conceded no

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, and was named player of the match when Gazi Tyres won for the first time on 28 March 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tahjibul Islam, Gazi Mohammad 2004 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Shinepukur Cricket Club cricketers Dhaka Dominators cricketers Cricketers from Dhaka