Taskin Ahmed

A knee operation then kept him off the field for close to a year. He came back to make his international debut against Australia at the WT20 in 2014. Less than two months later he played his first ODI, against India, and returned 5/28. Although he had played only 3 ODIs, the selectors picked him for the 2015 ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and he finished as Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker. Against England, in a game Bangladesh had to win, he removed James Taylor and Jos Buttler, and the result sent his side into the quarterfinals. India beat Bangladesh comfortably in that knockout game, but Taskin still took three wickets, and his chest-bump with captain Mashrafe Mortaza spread widely on social media.

He was a key figure in the ODI side that won series against Pakistan and India, though a rib injury ruled him out of the home series against South Africa. At the 2016 Asia Cup, staged in Bangladesh, his tight bowling helped the hosts reach the final, which India won. Later in 2016 he travelled to India for the ICC World T20, but he and Arafat Sunny were banned from bowling after their actions were judged illegal. He was sent home, and Bangladesh failed to win a game in the main group stage.

Taskin had his action re-examined at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, where every delivery was cleared as legal. He was quickly brought back for home ODIs against Afghanistan and then England, and regained his rhythm. He went on to earn a Test call-up and made his debut against New Zealand in January 2017, with Kane Williamson his first Test wicket.