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Saif Hassan
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Saif Hassan
Born (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 26)
Bangladesh
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight Arm Off-Break
RoleBatting All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 96)7 February 2020 v Pakistan
Last Test22 February 2020 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 21 26
Runs scored 1342 835
Batting average 47.92 33.40
100s/50s 3/8 1/6
Top score 204 100
Balls bowled 131 306
Wickets 0 6
Bowling average 45.50
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling –/– 3/38
Catches/stumpings 8/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2020

Saif Hassan (born 30 October 1998) is a cricketer from Bangladesh. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2020.[1]

Domestic career

In January 2017 in the 2016–17 National Cricket League, he became the youngest player in Bangladesh to score a first-class double century when he made 204 for Dhaka Division.[2]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League on 25 February 2019.[3] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournament, with 814 runs in 16 matches.[4] In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season.[5]

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Khulna Tigers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[6]

International career

In December 2015 he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] He was the captain of the Bangladesh U-19 side for the 2016 Asia Cup.[8]

In December 2017, he was named as the captain of Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9] In December 2018, he was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[10]

In October 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's Test squad for the series against India.[11] He did not play in the first Test, and on the eve of the second Test, he was ruled out of the match with a split webbing.[12] In November 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[13] The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final.[14]

In February 2020, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the first Test match against Pakistan.[15] He made his Test debut for Bangladesh, against Pakistan, on 7 February 2020.[16] On 8 September 2020, BCB confirmed that Saif along with a staff member was tested positive for COVID-19 just prior to the training camp as a warm up for the test series against Sri Lanka which was scheduled to be held in October 2020.[17][18] He was immediately urged to be self isolated by the BCB and was left out of Bangladesh's preliminary squad for the test series against Sri Lanka. A week later, he was tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in his second COVID-19 test.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Saif Hassan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Saif Hassan's record double flattens Barisal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ "4th match, Group D, Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League at Fatullah, Feb 25 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, 2018/19: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mohammad Naim, Yeasin Arafat, Saif Hassan - A look into Bangladesh's future". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Mehedi Hasan to lead Bangladesh at U19 WC". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh squad named for U-19 Asia Cup". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Media Release : ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2018: Bangladesh squad announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Media Release : ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018: Bangladesh emerging squad announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  11. ^ "BCB announces Test squad and revised T20 squad for India tour". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Saif Hassan ruled out of Kolkata Test with split webbing". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Media Release : Bangladesh U23 Squad for 13th South Asian Game Announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  14. ^ "South Asian Games: Bangladesh secure gold in men's cricket". BD News24. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman dropped for Pakistan Tests; Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar return". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. ^ "1st Test, Bangladesh tour of Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Feb 7-11 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan tests positive for Covid-19". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  18. ^ "Bangladesh opener Hasan tests positive for coronavirus". Daily News. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  19. ^ Sep 16, ANI /; 2020; Ist, 11:56. "Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan returns positive again in second Covid-19 test | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-09-16. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Saif Hassan tests positive for Covid-19 a second time". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.