List of Bangladesh national cricket captains

Bangladesh became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 26 June 2000,[1] and played its first Test match against India later that year.[2] Before then, it had been an associate member of the ICC since 1977,[3] competing in six ICC Trophies, the leading One Day International (ODI) competition for non-Test playing nations. The country has enjoyed some success in ODI's and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) since its promotion, but has struggled to perform in the Test match arena. Recent years have seen the nation improve tremendously however, and it is beginning to establish itself as a powerful force in the cricketing world.[4]

Men's cricket

Test captains

Najmul Hossain Shanto is the current captain of Bangladesh in all formats.
Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is Bangladesh's most successful Test captain, having won 7 test matches under his captaincy
Mashrafe Mortaza is the most successful Bangladeshi ODI captain. He is the only Bangladeshi ODI captain to win 50 ODIs)
Shakib Al Hasan is the most successful captain for Bangladesh in T20I, captaining since 2009.

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national cricket team for at least one Test match.

Bangladeshi Test captains[5]
No. Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Naimur Rahman[6][7] 2000–01  India Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 1 0
2000–01  Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
2001–02  Pakistan  Pakistan 1 0 1 0
 Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0
2001–02  Zimbabwe  Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
Total 7 0 6 1
2 Khaled Mashud 2001–02  New Zealand  New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2001–02  Pakistan  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2002  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
2002–03  South Africa  South Africa 2 0 2 0
2002–03  West Indies  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2004–05  New Zealand  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
Total 12 0 12 0
3 Khaled Mahmud 2003  South Africa  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2003  Australia  Australia 2 0 2 0
2003  Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 3 0
2003–04  England Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
Total 9 0 9 0
4 Habibul Bashar 2003–04  Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
2004  West Indies  West Indies 2 0 1 1
2004–05  India  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2004–05  Zimbabwe  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1
2005  England  England 2 0 2 0
2005–06  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
2005–06  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2005–06  Australia  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2007  India  Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
Total 18 1 13 4
5 Mohammad Ashraful 2007  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0
2007–08  New Zealand  New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2007–08  South Africa  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2008–09  New Zealand  Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2008–09  South Africa  South Africa 2 0 2 0
2008–09  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
Total 13 0 12 1
6 Mashrafe Mortaza 2009  West Indies Cricket West Indies West Indies 1 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0
7 Shakib Al Hasan 2009  West Indies Cricket West Indies West Indies 1 1 0 0
2009–10  New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
2009–10  India Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2009–10  England Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2010  England England England 2 0 2 0
2011  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
2018  West Indies Cricket West Indies West indies 2 0 2 0
2018–19  West Indies Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2019–20  Afghanistan Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 1 0
2022  West Indies Cricket West Indies West Indies 2 0 2 0
2022–23  India Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2022-23  Ireland Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
Total 19 4 15 0
8 Mushfiqur Rahim 2011–12  West Indies Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2011–12  Pakistan Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2012–13  West Indies Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2012–13  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1
2013  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
2013–14  New Zealand Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 0 2
2013–14  Sri Lanka Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2014  West Indies Cricket West Indies West Indies 2 0 2 0
2014–15  Zimbabwe Bangladesh Bangladesh 3 3 0 0
2014–15  Pakistan Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2015  India Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
2015  South Africa Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 0 2
2016–17  England Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 1 0
2016–17  New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
2016–17  India India India 1 0 1 0
2016–17  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0
2017  Australia Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 1 0
2017–18  South Africa South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0
Total 34 7 18 9
9 Tamim Iqbal 2016–17  New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0
10 Mahmudullah 2018  Sri Lanka Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2018  Zimbabwe Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 1 0
2019  New Zealand  New Zealand 2 0 2 0
Total 6 1 4 1
11 Mominul Haque 2019–20  India India India 2 0 2 0
2020  Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan 1 0 1 0
2020  Zimbabwe Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2021  West Indies  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2021  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1
2021  Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0
2021  Pakistan  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0
2022  New Zealand  New Zealand 2 1 1 0
2022  South Africa  South Africa 2 0 2 0
2022  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
Total 17 3 12 2
12 Litton Das 2023  Afghanistan  Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0
13 Najmul Hossain Shanto 2023–24  New Zealand  Bangladesh 2 1 1 0
2023/24 pakistan pakistan 2 2 0 0
2023/24 india india 2 0 2 0
2024 South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0
Total 8 3 5 0
  • Last updated: 9 December 2023 (as of the Test series between  Bangladesh and  New Zealand on 6–10 December 2023.)

One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team for at least one One Day International.

Bangladeshi ODI captains[9]
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Gazi Ashraf 1986–1990 7 0 0 7 0
2 Minhajul Abedin 1990 2 0 0 2 0
3 Akram Khan 1995–1998 15 1 0 14 0
4 Aminul Islam 1998–2000 16 2 0 14 0
5 Naimur Rahman 2000–2001 4 0 0 4 0
6 Khaled Mashud 2001–2006 30 4 0 24 2
7 Khaled Mahmud 2003 15 0 0 15 0
8 Habibul Bashar 2004–2007 69 29 0 40 0
9 Rajin Saleh 2004 2 0 0 2 0
10 Mohammad Ashraful 2007–2009 38 8 0 30 0
11 Shakib Al Hasan 2009–present 50 23 0 26 1
12 Mashrafe Mortaza 2010/2014-2020 88 50 0 36 2
13 Mushfiqur Rahim 2011–2014 37 11 0 24 2
14 Tamim Iqbal 2019-2023 37 21 0 13 2
15 Litton Das 2022-2023 5 3 0 2 0
16 Najmul Hossain Shanto 2023–Present 4 2 0 1 0[10]
Total[11] 407 147 0 252 7

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team in at least one Twenty20 International.

Bangladeshi T20I captains[12]
No. Name Year Played Won Lost Tied NR
1 Shahriar Nafees 2006 1 1 0 0 0
2 Mohammad Ashraful 2007–2009 11 2 9 0 0
3 Shakib Al Hasan 2009– present 39 16 23 0 0
4 Mushfiqur Rahim 2011–2014 23 8 14 0 1
5 Mashrafe Mortaza 2014-2017 28 10 17 0 1
6 Mahmudullah 2018–2022 43 16 26 0 1
7 Liton Das 2021 1 0 1 0 0
8 Nurul Hasan Sohan 2022-2022 5 3 2 0 0
9 Mosaddek Hossain 2022 1 0 1 0 0
10 Najmul Hossain Shanto 2023 1 TBD
Total[13] 156 58 94 0 3
  • Last Updated: 27 December 2023 (as of  Bangladesh Vs New Zealand)

Women's cricket

Nigar Sultana is the current captain of Bangladesh in all formats.
Salma Khatun is the most successful captain for Bangladesh in all formats.

Women's ODI captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's One Day International.

Bangladesh Women ODI captains[14]
SL. No. Name Year Played Won Lost Tied NR Win %
1 Salma Khatun 2011-2015 18 4 13 0 1 23.52
2 Jahanara Alam 2016 2 1 0 0 1 100.00
3 Rumana Ahmed 2017–2021 16 3 13 0 0 18.75
4 Fahima Khatun 2021 2 2 0 0 0 100
5 Nigar Sultana 2021–present 9 3 6 0 0 33.33
Total[15] 49 14 33 0 2 29.78
  • Last updated 31 July 2022.

Women's T20I captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's Twenty20 International.

Bangladesh Women T20 captains[16]
Sl. No. Name Year Played Won Lost Tied NR Win %
1 Salma Khatun 2012–2020 65 27 38 0 0 41.53
2 Jahanara Alam 2014-2016 7 0 7 0 0 0.00
3 Rumana Ahmed 2016 3 0 3 0 0 0.00
4 Nigar Sultana 2022–present 4 3 1 0 0 75.00
Total[17] 79 30 49 0 0 37.97
  • Last updated 31 July 2022.

Youth cricket

Under-19s Test captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 Test match.

Bangladeshi Under-19 Test captains[18]
No Name Year Played Won Lost D/T Win %
1 Enamul Haque Jr 2004 2 0 2 0 0.00
2 Shahriar Nafees 2004 1 0 0 1 0.00
3 Mahmudul Hasan 2007–09 7 1 2 4 0.00
4 Suhrawadi Shuvo 2004 2 0 0 2 0.00
5 Mosaddek Hossain 2013 2 0 0 2 0.00
6 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 2015 2 0 0 2 0.00
7 Towhid Hridoy 2018 2 1 1 0 50.00
8 Akbar Ali 2019 2 2 0 0 100.00
9 Amite Hasan 2019 2 0 0 2 0.00
10 Aich Mollah 2021 1 0 1 0 0.00
11 Ahrar Amin 2022 1 0 0 1 0.00
12 Sharear Sakib 2023 1 0 1 0 0.00
Total[19] 25 5 7 13
  • Last updated: 31 December 2023

Under-19s ODI captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the Super Six stage match against Pakistan in 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh's greatest success in the Under-19 World Cup has been winning the title in 2020 beating India in the final. Bangladesh also won the plate, the competition for teams failing to progress past the first qualifying round of the Under-19 World Cup. They achieved this in both 1997/8 and 2003/4, and during the latter tournament, beating Australia in doing so.

Bangladeshi Under-19 ODI captains[20]
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Shabbir Khan 1997/8 7 6 0 1 0
2 Hannan Sarkar 1999/2000 7 5 0 2 0
3 Nafees Iqbal 2001–02/2003–04 10 3 1 6 0
4 Ashiqur Rahman 2003/04 8 6 0 2 0
5 Shahriar Nafees 2004 1 0 0 1 0
6 Mushfiqur Rahim 2005–06 18 14 0 4 0
7 Mahmudul Hasan 2007 35 22 0 11 2
8 Suhrawadi Shuvo 2007–08 22 12 0 9 1
10 Anamul Haque 2012 7 4 0 3 0
11 Al-Amin 2012 1 0 0 1 0
12 Mosaddek Hossain 2012 5 2 0 3 0
14 Asif Ahmed 2013 6 4 0 2 0
15 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 2013/16 48 30 0 17 1
16 Mehedi Hasan Rana 2013 1 1 0 0 0
17 Nazmul Hossain Shanto 2015 7 6 0 1 0
18 Saif Hassan 2016–2018 15 5 0 9 1
19 Towhid Hridoy 2018 8 2 0 4 2
20 Akbar Ali 2019–2020 28 21 1 4 2
21 S M Meherob Hasan 2021 10 3 0 7 0
22 Rakibul Hasan 2021–present 8 2 0 5 1
Grand total[21] 282 164 2 106 10
  • Last updated 12 February 2024

See also

References

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