Mohammad Naim Sheikh
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Naim Sheikh
Born (1999-08-22) 22 August 1999 (age 24)
Faridpur, Bangladesh
NicknameNaim [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 100)9 January 2022 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 134)6 March 2020 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI9 September 2023 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 67)3 November 2019 v India
Last T20I6 September 2023 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019Dhaka Dynamites
2019/20Rangpur Rangers
2022Minister Dhaka
2023Rangpur Riders
2024Durdanto Dhaka
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 8 22 6 43
Runs scored 95 570 183 1,822
Batting average 13.57 27.14 16.63 44.43
100s/50s 0/0 0/4 0/1 4/12
Top score 28 81 65 136
Catches/stumpings 2/– 9/– 2/– 21/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 August 2022
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
Men's Cricket
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team

Mohammad Naim Sheikh (born 22 August 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2019.[2]

Domestic career

Naim made his List A debut for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 22 February 2018.[3] Prior to his List A debut, he was part of Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4]

Naim made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis in the 2018–19 National Cricket League on 15 October 2018.[5] In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Dhaka Dynamites in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League on 12 January 2019.[7]

Naim was the leading run-scorer for Legends of Rupganj in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournament, with 807 runs in 16 matches.[8] In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season.[9] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[10]

International career

In September 2019, Naim received his maiden call up for national team, when he was added to the squad for last two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, but he did not play in the series.[11] In October 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for their series against India.[12] He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh, against India, on 3 November 2019.[13]

In November 2019, Naim was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[14] Later the same month, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[15] The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final.[16]

In February 2020, Naim was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[17] He made his ODI debut for Bangladesh, against Zimbabwe, on 6 March 2020.[18]

In September 2021, Naim was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[19] In December 2021, he named in Bangladesh's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[20] He made his Test debut for Bangladesh on 9 January 2022, against New Zealand.[21]

Teams Played

Bangladesh, Bangladesh U23, Bangladesh U19, Bangladesh A, Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Dhaka Dynamites, Rangpur Rangers, Beximco Dhaka, Minister Group Dhaka.[22]

References

  1. ^ "ICC U19 World Cup: South African Bowlers Lead Demolition Job Against Bangladesh". News18. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Mohammad Naim". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ "26th match, Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at Dhaka, Feb 22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Media Release : ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2018: Bangladesh squad announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Tier 2, National Cricket League at Bogra, Oct 15-18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ^ "12th Match (D/N), Bangladesh Premier League at Dhaka, Jan 12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, 2018/19 - Legends of Rupganj: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Mohammad Naim, Yeasin Arafat, Saif Hassan - A look into Bangladesh's future". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh include uncapped Mohammad Naim, Aminul Islam for next two T20Is". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Arafat Sunny, Al-Amin Hossain, Tamim Iqbal back in Bangladesh squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  13. ^ "1st T20I (N), Bangladesh tour of India at Delhi, Nov 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Media Release : Bangladesh squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Media Release : Bangladesh U23 Squad for 13th South Asian Game Announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  16. ^ "South Asian Games: Bangladesh secure gold in men's cricket". BD News24. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim break into Bangladesh ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  18. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Sylhet, Mar 6 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  19. ^ "No surprises as Bangladesh name Mahmudullah-led squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Shakib Al Hasan picked for New Zealand Tests despite not wanting to travel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  21. ^ "2nd Test, Christchurch, Jan 9 - 13 2022, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Mohammad Naim". Shamim Nesco. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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