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Musfik Hasan
Mohammad Musfik Hasan (born 16 September 2002) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who is a right-arm medium bowler. He plays for the Rangpur Division cricket team in domestic cricket.[1] He represented the Bangladesh under-19 cricket team. He has also been a member of the Bangladesh A cricket team in international cricket.[2] Early life and careerHe was born on 16 September 2002, at Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat.[3] He was born to Helal Khan and Murshida Khatun.[4] He grew up with his grandmother, who greatly inspired him in his early cricket career.[5] He first started playing with cricket ball at Lalmonirhat Second Division League in 2018.[6] He got admitted to Cricket Coaching School in Dhaka in 2019, and after practising there, he was selected to Rangpur Under-16 team and other age level teams. He studied at Lalmonirhat Government College, and played in school-level cricket competitions for the high school.[7] In December 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[8] Domestic careerMusfik is well known for his trend to bowl accurately and emphasize on the pace.[9] He made his List A debut for Mohammedan Sporting Club on 2 April 2022, against Prime Bank Cricket Club in the 2021–22 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.[10] In October 2022, he was selected to play for Rangpur Division in the 2022–23 National Cricket League.[11] He made his first-class debut for Rangpur Division on 10 October 2022, against Dhaka Division.[12] He took his maiden five-wicket haul in his debut match.[13] On 31 October 2022, he became only the third fast bowler in the history of first-class cricket in Bangladesh to take an eight-wicket haul, in the match against Dhaka Division.[14] He finished as one of the top bowlers in the league,[15] picking up 25 wickets from six matches.[16] He also took 13 wickets in four matches in the 2022–23 Bangladesh Cricket League.[17] In September 2023, he was picked by the Comilla Victorians following the players' draft to play for them in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League.[18] He made his Twenty20 debut for Comilla Victorians on 19 January 2024, against Durdanto Dhaka.[19] International careerHe made his debut in international cricket for Bangladesh A in an unofficial Test match against India A on 6 December 2023.[20] In May 2023, he was named in Bangladesh A's squad for their first-class series against West Indies A.[21] In June 2023, he was selected to play for Bangladesh A in the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[22] In the same month, he also earned his maiden call-up to the Bangladesh cricket team for their one-off Test against Afghanistan.[23] In October 2023, he was named in Bangladesh Emerging Team's squad for tour to Sri Lanka.[24] References
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