Mohammad Aminul Islam (; born 2 February 1968) popularly known by his nickname 'Bulbul' is a former Bangladeshi

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er and captain, who has been serving as president of the

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since May 2025. Aminul Islam scored the first hundred for the

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when Bangladesh played their first Test against India, thus becoming only the third cricketer after

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and Dave Houghton to score centuries on their own and their country's test debut. He was one of Bangladesh's most celebrated cricketers in the pre-Test-status era.

Early years

Just two years after quitting soccer due to an injury, Aminul Islam (commonly known as ''Bulbul'') saw himself representing International Cricket Council (ICC) Associates Young Cricketers' squad in the first-ever Youth World Cup held in Australia where he took six wickets with his

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, one of which was that of

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. The same year he made his ODI debut for the national Cricket team at

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in the Asia Cup (1988). He scored 27 runs in the match against

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. A year later, he scored a century against

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in the U-19 Asian cup. In 1995, he scored a century against the visiting England A side in a three-day match at Dhaka.

In ODIs

Despite the fact that his ODI career started in 1988, and went on until 2001–02, he played only 39 ODI matches. This was due to the fact that before becoming a full member of ICC in 2000, Bangladesh seldom got a chance to play official one day internationals. Over the years, Bulbul's role in the side changed. In the initial years, he was a lower order batsman and off spin bowler. In later years, he mainly concentrated on his batting. His highest ODI score, 70, came against India at Mohali in 1998. His best bowling figures, three wickets for fifty seven runs (3/57), were against Zimbabwe at Nairobi in October 1997. Career ODI batting performances:

In ICC Trophy

Bulbul represented Bangladesh in three ICC trophy tournaments, in 1990, 1994 and 1997. However, he failed to perform up to expectation in both 1990 and 1994. But, after a slow start in the 1997 event in KL, he came good in the big matches. In the semi-final against Scotland he scored 57 runs, sharing 3rd wicket stand of 115 runs partnership with

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Pilot. In the final, he scored a quickfire 37 runs out of 37 balls (with 1 six and 1 four). He shared a 53 run 4th wicket partnership stand with skipper Akram Khan.

As a captain

He took over the captaincy of the national team in 1998. He was the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

As a coach and instructor

Aminul Islam is one of Bangladesh's most qualified coaches at the moment and currently serves as ICC's Cricket Development officer for

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and

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. He completed his Level-1, Level-2 and Level-3 coaching degrees from Cricket Victoria and has trained club sides in Melbourne and Sydney. He finished the initial two levels of instructing courses from

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in 2005. He began working for the

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improvement program and furthermore finished the renowned Level-3 instructing a course in 2009. In eight years at the ACC, he led around 80 training courses in Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and the UAE. He became Asian development manager for the ICC in 2016. As of 2023, he lives in Australia.

As cricket administrator

On 30 May 2025, he has been appointed as the president of

Football career

Before becoming a prominent figure in Bangladeshi cricket, Aminul played football at domestic level. As a striker, Aminul represented Gendaria Famous Club in the Pioneer League and was league top scorer once. In 1986, he played for

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in the

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, however, he was unable to help the club avoid relegation. The following year, he joined

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and remained a First Division player, however, he suffered a major injury while playing against Mohammedan SC, which ended his football career.

References

External links

Cricinfo Player Profile

Bangla Cricket
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