Rajin Saleh

Rajin Saleh
Personal information
Full name Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam
Born 20 November 1983
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Role Batsman
International information
National side
  • Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 33) 20 August 2003 v Pakistan
Last Test 25 October 2008 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 67) 9 September 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI 13 October 2006 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 35
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 24 43 117 117
Runs scored 1141 1005 6676 2553
Batting average 25.93 23.92 34.95 23.63
100s/50s -/7 1/6 14/33 4/11
Top score 89 108* 146 108*
Balls bowled 438 79.5 1539 1290
Wickets 2 15 9 35
Bowling average 134.00 30.60 103.11 30.25
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match n/a n/a -
Best bowling 1/9 4/16 2/44 4/16
Catches/stumpings 13/- 9/- 102/- 36/-
Source: , 14 July 2007

Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam (Bengali: খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ রাজিন সালেহ আলম) (born November 20, 1983, in Sylhet) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the twelfth man of the inaugural Test that Bangladesh played against India on November 10, 2000. He then spent three years out of the national squad. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2003 when they made a trip to that country. He also made his ODI debut in that same series. During and after that series he proved himself to be one of the regular members of the national team. In 2004 ICC Champions Trophy he captained the side in the absence of the injured Habibul Bashar. He also made an unbeaten knock of 108 against Kenya to become the third Bangladeshi batsman to score a century in One-day Internationals. He was also a member of the national 2006 ICC Champions Trophy and 2007 Cricket World Cup squads.

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Preceded by
Habibul Bashar
Bangladesh national cricket captain
2004
Succeeded by
Habibul Bashar