| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Alok Kapali | |||
| Born | 1 January 1984 Sylhet, Bangladesh |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Leg break | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Bangladesh | |||
| Test debut (cap 26) | 28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 28 February 2006 v Sri Lanka | |||
| ODI debut (cap 56) | 4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 15 October 2011 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2000–present | Sylhet Division | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | List A |
| Matches | 17 | 66 | 86 | 128 |
| Runs scored | 584 | 1,183 | 4,261 | 2,829 |
| Batting average | 17.69 | 19.71 | 28.79 | 25.71 |
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 1/5 | 9/17 | 4/12 |
| Top score | 85 | 115 | 173 | 115 |
| Balls bowled | 1,103 | 1,380 | 8,915 | 3,112 |
| Wickets | 6 | 24 | 138 | 70 |
| Bowling average | 118.16 | 50.08 | 30.81 | 35.67 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/3 | 3/49 | 7/33 | 4/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | 26/– | 57/– | 60/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 19 June 2011 | ||||
Alok Kapali (Bengali: অলক কাপালী) (born January 1, 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up (walk up) similar to that of Shane Warne. He is the only Bangladeshi cricket player to take a Test hat-trick.
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Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka at Colombo. He took 2 wickets, Michael Vandort and Upul Chandana as well as making 39 and 23 with the bat. In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included a hat-trick against Pakistan in 2003. This was spread over two overs, and when he trapped Umar Gul LBW with the first ball of his 3rd over Kapali became the first Bangladeshi bowler to achieve the milestone in Test cricket, and the youngest of all time, at the age of 19 years 240 days. He finished with figures of 3/3. His effort in quickly cleaning up the tail also allowed gave Bangladesh their maiden first innings lead in Tests.
With the bat Kapali has struggled thus far in Test cricket and made his highest score of 85 against the West Indies at Chittagong.
In One Day International cricket he has been in and out of the side, impressing more with the bat than the ball. He hit the fastest century by a Bangladeshi batsmen (86 deliveries) in a match against India during the 2008 Asia cup.,[1] a record bettered by Shakib Al Hasan two years later.[2] He also holds the Bangladeshi record 7th wicket partnership of 89 with Khaled Mashud, made against Kenya in 2006.[1]
Kapali scored 3 hundreds for Sylhet in the Bangladeshi National Cricket League of 2006-07, finishing with 744 runs.
His highest first class score is 156 against Chittagong.
In 2008, Kapali was banned for 10-years for playing international cricket because he joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and played for the Dhaka Warriors in the Indian Cricket League. He scored the first century in the two seasons of ICL, 100 in 60 balls, against Hyderabad Heroes. He finished as the second highest scorer of the league stage with 324 runs in 8 matches at an average of 54. However Kapali announced he quit the ICL in June 2009 and was available for national selection by 31 December 2009 [3]
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