Rubel Hossain

Rubel Hossain
রুবেল হোসেন
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Rubel Hossain
Born 1 January 1990
Bagerhat, Khulna, Bangladesh
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right arm fast medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 56) 9 July 2009 v West Indies
Last Test 12–16 November 2014 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 94) 14 January 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 19 March 2015 v India
ODI shirt no. 34
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–present Chittagong Division
2012-present Chittagong Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 22 59 39 92
Runs scored 195 83 345 141
Batting average 9.28 6.38 8.84 5.87
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 45* 17 45* 18*
Balls bowled 3600 2,594 5768 4280
Wickets 32 77 62 134
Bowling average 73.34 32.46 61.98 28.14
5 wickets in innings 1 1 2 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/166 6/26 5/60 6/18
Catches/stumpings 10/– 10/– 16/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, , 06 March 2014

Mohammad Rubel Hossain (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রুবেল হোসেন; born: 1 January 1990 in Bagerhat) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his ODI debut on 14 January 2009 in Bangladesh's victory over Sri Lanka, where he took 4/33 in 5.3 overs in a shortened ODI game. He made his Test debut on 9 July 2009 against the West Indies, and took 3 wickets. He has also featured in two Twenty20 matches, both coming in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

Early career

A quick bowler with a slingy action—not dissimilar to Lasith Malinga's[1]—Rubel can consistently deliver good pace and bounce. His first-class debut arrived for Chittagong Division in 2007, where he picked up match figures of 1/137 against Khulna Division. After a string of good performances in the National Cricket League, he was selected to play for the Bangladesh Under-19 team, and soon after, the Bangladesh A team.

International career

Rubel was named in the ODI squad for the tri-series with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, and made his debut in the third game of the round-robin stage, a game Bangladesh needed to win to progress to the final. Rubel cleaned up the middle-order and tail with a 4 wicket haul in just 5.3 overs. He also played in the tri-series final, where he had a poor end to the game, but retained his place for the three ODI series against Zimbabwe soon after. More good performances led to him being named in the Test squad to face the West Indies for the first time. He made his debut at Arnos Vale, and took three wickets in West Indies' 1st innings, and also formed a good 10th wicket partnership with Shahadat Hossain in Bangladesh's 1st innings.

Rubel Hossain is known as one of the fastest bowlers in Bangladesh Cricket history. He bowled an impressive 149.5 Kph in a warm up game in 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He also bowled at 148 Kph vs Sri Lanka in 2015 Cricket World Cup. Rubel's best ODI figure is 6/26 vs New Zealand, where he also took a hattrick.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year.[2] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[3] and Rubel was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $70,000.[4]

Performances

Test five-wicket hauls

#Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year Result
1 5/166 5  New Zealand Seddon Park Hamilton New Zealand 2010 Lost

ODI five-wicket hauls

#Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year Result
1 6/26 41  New Zealand Shere Bangla Dhaka Bangladesh 2013 Won

Controversies

Bangladeshi police arrested Rubel after heroine Nazneen Akhtar complained about him that he raped her. He was put on custody for three days, later the court granted him bail to participate for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. On Bangladesh's victory over England, in which Hossain played a starring role in, Nazneen withdrew her charges.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "World Twenty20 day two as it happened". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ Engineer, Tariq (28 December 2011). "Bangladesh Premier League to begin on February 9". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  3. ↑ Isam, Mohammad (19 January 2012). "Afridi and Gayle fetch highest BPL prices". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh Premier League: players standing after auction" (PDF). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  5. ↑ http://www.andhraheadlines.com/news/sports/140646/cricketer-arrested-on-rape-charges