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Full name | Taskin Ahmed Tazim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
3 April 1995 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tazim,Taskin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right Arm Fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 83) | 12 January 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 112) | 17 June 2014 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 12 october 2016 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 43) | 1 April 2014 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 20 January 2016 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–present | Dhaka Metropolis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Chittagong Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-present | Chittagong Vikings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 July 2015 |
Taskin Ahmed Tazim (born 3 April 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the son of businessman Abdur Rashid and Sabina Yasmin. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He represents Dhaka Metropolis in first-class and List A cricket and the Chittagong Kings and Chittagong Vikings franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League.
He completed SSC from King Khaled Institute and HSC from Stamford College. Now he is a student of American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB). Taskin started cricket in Abahani playground on 10 January 2007. After playing under-15 and under-17 level he got the chance to play for under-19 team. He made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis in October 2011 against Barisal Division.
In the under-19 World Cup of 2012, Taskin was the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh, taking 11 wickets. In his second Twenty20 in BPL-2 for the Chittagong Kings he was named man of the match for his bowling figures of 4/31 against Duronto Rajshahi in the semi-final. He took 8 wickets in 4 matches which was the most important turning point of his career.
In BPL-3 he played for Chittagong Vikings. He became the 4th most searched person of 2015 in google from Bangladesh.
After Rubel Hossain ,Taskin Ahmed is the 2nd Fastest Bowler in the history of Bangladesh cricket . Taskin Ahmed has clocked 148 km/h against Pakistan in Asia cup 2016 where Rubel Hossain has an impressive 149.5 km/h in a warm up game in 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Taskin Ahmed can consistently bowl around 145K/h . The door of national team opened for him suddenly in case of Mashrafe's injury on the 1 April 2014 and took the wicket of Glenn Maxwell in T20I debut. On 17 June 2014 he took 5 wickets against India as the first Bangladeshi ODI debut bowler. This outstanding performance was nominated as one of the best performance of 2014 in cricinfo award.