Hasan Mahmud

Hasan Mahmud is a bowler born on October 12, 1999, in Laxmipur, Chattogram, in Bangladesh. He is primarily a right-hand fast-medium pacer and a right-handed batter. The 24-year-old represents the Bangladesh cricket team across all formats of the game in the international arena.

Mahmud plays for the Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Of the major crop of spinners overflowing the Bangladeshi national squad, the right-arm pacer has been a potent recruit for its uprising speed force. His ability to shine with the ball has been found seemingly efficacious and he has all the potential to be hailed as their future star in the making.

Hasan Mahmud: Along the Years

Hasan Mahmud Records

• First Bangladeshi bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in India

Hasan Mahmud Career

Hasan Mahmud came through the ranks of representing the Bangladesh Under-19s at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018. He boasts a healthy track record in his career and will focus on continuing the same momentum in the long run.

Hasan Mahmud Domestic Career

Before making his presence in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018, Hasan Mahmud made his domestic debut for Chittagong Division against Rajshahi Division in the National Cricket League 2017-18 season in Bogra on October 13, 2017. On his first-class (FC) debut, Mahmud picked up a couple of wickets, including that of the Rajshahi Division’s skipper Farhad Hossain.

In the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2017-18 season, the 24-year-old Laxmipur pacer made his List-A debut for Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samiti against Abahani Limited in Savar on February 05, 2018. He went wicketless on his maiden List-A encounter. Soon after his performances at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018, Mahmud was drafted to play for the Under-23 Emerging Teams Asia Cup as well as the South Asian Games in the very next year.

Under the leadership of Mashrafe Mortaza, Mahmud made his T20 debut for Dhaka Platoon against Rajshahi Royals in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2019-20 season in Mirpur on December 12, 2019. Much akin to his List-A debut, the youngster went wicketless in his maiden BPL outing. However, he finished the season with 10 wickets in 13 innings with a career-best BPL haul of 4/32.

Ahead of the BPL 2022-23 season, Mahmud had moved from Dhaka Platoon to Rangpur Riders. In 28 matches across the two seasons, the speedster has scalped 30 wickets.

Hasan Mahmud International Career

With fast-paced yet skill-based bowlers being a rare combination for Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud has hit the bull’s eye with his largely effective right-arm medium-pace. He is striking the right chords and has been part of the team’s pace battery across formats.

Hasan Mahmud ODI Career

Hasan Mahmud made his ODI debut for Bangladesh against the West Indies in Mirpur on January 20, 2021, in the first ODI of the West Indies tour of Bangladesh. He was mightily impressive with the ball on his ODI debut where he picked up a three-wicket haul. He returned with figures of 6-1-28-3, which included the wickets of Rovman Powell, Raymon Reifer, and Akeal Hosein. The hosts Bangladesh won the match by a margin of 6 wickets and eventually whitewashed the visitors 3-0.

In Ireland’s tour of Bangladesh in March 2023, Mahmud bagged his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs in the third and final ODI held in Sylhet. He ran through the top order to claim the wickets of Stephen Doheny, Paul Stirling, and Harry Tector and wrapped up the tail to claim his maiden international five-wicket haul and bowl out the Irishmen for a paltry 101.

The 24-year-old pacer was drafted into the Bangladesh setup for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2023 held in India. He made his CWC debut against the hosts on October 19, 2023, and managed to pick up the wicket of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.

In the next game, an outright thrashing from Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen saw the Bangladeshis looking clueless. Though Mahmud managed to pick up the crucial wickets of both the batters, it was too late to scamper and he was at the receiving end of the thrashing by the end of the innings.

Mahmud was not provided with enough opportunities to establish himself at the mega event as Bangladesh crashed out of the tournament in the group stage.

Hasan Mahmud Test Career

Hasan Mahmud has taken Test cricket by storm, despite debuting in the longest format of the game relatively later since his maiden international outing. He made his Test debut for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test in Chattogram on March 30, 2024, in Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh.

In the first innings, Mahmud claimed his maiden Test wicket in the form of opener Dimuth Karunaratne and dismissed all-rounder Angelo Mathews as well. He registered a four-wicket haul in the second innings and was impressive despite the hosts’ defeat to the visitors.

The Laxmipur speedster was a vital cog in Bangladesh’s historic away series victory against Pakistan in Pakistan in August-September 2024. In the second Test that took place in Rawalpindi, he picked up his maiden Test five-wicket haul and wrapped up the tail to script history for the visitors.

In the first Test of the ongoing Test series of Bangladesh’s tour of India in September 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Mahmud rattled the top-order to create a mini-collapse for the hosts. He dismissed the Indian batting mainstays for single digits, which included the prized wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. With that wicket of Sharma, Mahmud has dismissed the veteran Indian opener on three different occasions in three different formats namely; in a T20 World Cup match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, in a CWC match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, and the ongoing World Test Championship cycle 2023-25.

He finished the innings with his second five-wicket haul, by wrapping up the innings with the final nail in the coffin in the form of Jasprit Bumrah to bowl out India for 376. Mahmud also became the first Bangladeshi bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in Tests on Indian soil.

Hasan Mahmud T20I Career

Just before the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, Hasan Mahmud was handed over his maiden senior international cap to represent Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in Mirpur on March 11, 2020, in the second T20I of Zimbabwe’s tour of Bangladesh. Despite being wicketless in his maiden international affair, Mahmud was economical with the ball.

Mahmud was the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tri-series involving hosts New Zealand and Asian teams Bangladesh as well as Pakistan. It was held in October 2022 as a lead-up to the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. He picked up 4 wickets in the three innings at an average of 23.75.

The right-arm pacer was roped into the 15-member provisional squad to play for Bangladesh at the ICC T20 World Cup (WC) 2022 held in Australia. He picked up 6 wickets in the 4 innings he played at an economy of 8.37. In his T20 WC debut game against the Netherlands in Hobart on October 24, 2022, Mahmud was impressive by picking up a couple of wickets, bowling a maiden, and finishing his 4-over quota with an economy of a mere 3.75. He also registered his personal best T20I figures of 3/47 against India.

Hasan Mahmud Under-19 Career

Hasan Mahmud was asked to sport the green colors of the Bangladesh Under-19s at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 held in New Zealand. In the 6 innings he played, he managed to claim 9 wickets at an economy of 4.00 and an average of 19.33. He scored 23 valuable runs lower down the order in a collapse against the England Under-19s. His knock included two boundaries and a six to record the second-highest individual score for Bangladesh U-19s. His best with the ball came against England U-19s in the fifth-placed play-off. He scalped a three-wicket haul and ensured that Bangladesh U-19s won the encounter by a comfortable margin of 5 wickets. He finished as his country’s second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament.