Syed Rasel

Syed Rasel
Personal information
Born	3 July 1984 (age 39); Jessore, Bangladesh
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2005–2010);
Test debut (cap 44)	12 September 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	11 July 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 78)	31 August 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	15 July 2010 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.	47
T20I debut (cap 16)	1 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I	5 November 2008 v South Africa
Domestic team information
2001–2011	Khulna Division
2011–present	Barisal Division
2012–present	Duronto Rajshahi
Career statistics
	Source: [1], 29 October 2017

Syed Rasel (Bengali: সৈয়দ রাসেল) (born 3 July 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He is a left-handed medium-fast swing bowler who came up through the ranks of the under-19s, to the Bangladesh A team, to the full Bangladesh team, while playing for Khulna Division.

Playing for Bangladesh A against Kent in August 2005, a 21-year-old Rasel took 7 for 50 in the first innings and finished the match with ten wickets.^{[citation needed]}

International career[edit]

He was rewarded with a spot in the Bangladeshi squad for the tour of Sri Lanka the following month. He went on to make both his Test and ODI debuts on the island. Figures of 4 for 129 came in the second Test at Colombo.^{[citation needed]}

Back home at Bogra in February 2006, Rasel took 2 for 28 to give Bangladesh their first ever ODI win over Sri Lanka.^{[citation needed]}

Rasel's progress was halted when he damaged his foot in a motorbike accident but he recovered in time to take part in the 2006 Champions Trophy.^[1]

Despite not playing all but one game of their last ODI series before 2007 Cricket World Cup, he made the squad for the Caribbean. In the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka during the 2007 season he became the 700th Test victim of Muttiah Muralitharan.^{[citation needed]}

At the start of November 2010, the BCB announced 16 central contracts. Rasel was one of six players in the third tier (grade B).^[2] He recently signed for Halstead Cricket Club.[2] When the central contracts were next renewed, in April 2012, Rasel's contract was allowed to lapse.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Cricinfo staff (18 September 2006), Bangladesh hit by injuries, Cricinfo.com, retrieved 8 March 2009
^ Ashraful handed top-level central contract, Cricinfo, 1 November 2010, retrieved 4 February 2011
^ Ashraful chopped from central contracts list, Cricinfo, 1 April 2012, retrieved 2 April 2012