Nasum Ahmed ( bn, নাসুম আহমেদ; born 5 December 1994) is a Bangladeshi

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in March 2021.

Early life and family

Nasum Ahmed was born on 5 December 1994 to

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parents in Jalalabad, Sylhet. His grandfather migrated to Sylhet in 1958 from their ancestral home which is in the village of Mardapur in Derai,

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Career

In November 2019, Nasum was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In March 2020, Nasum was named in Bangladesh's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. In January 2021, he was one of four uncapped players to be named in a preliminary squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against the West Indies. In February 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh on 28 March 2021, against

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. On 3 August 2021, in a T20 match against Australia, Nasum took 4 wickets giving away 19 runs helping Bangladesh to win against Australia in T20 for the first time. On 8 September 2021, in a T20 match against

, Nasum took four wickets giving away 10 runs, helping Bangladesh to win a T20 series against New Zealand for the first time. He was also named as the man of the match. Later the same month, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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. In February 2022, he was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan. In March 2022, he was named in Bangladesh's ODI squad for their series against South Africa. In May 2022, he was again named in Bangladesh's ODI squad, this time for their series against the West Indies. He made his ODI debut on 10 July 2022, for Bangladesh against the

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. In September 2023, he was selected in Bangladesh's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Nasum 1994 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers Gazi Group cricketers Sylhet Division cricketers Sportspeople from Sylhet Cricketers from Sylhet Division People from Derai Upazila 21st-century Bengalis 21st-century Muslims Bangladeshi Sunni Muslims