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Pokhara AvengersAll-rounder
Mohammad Saifuddin
- Age
- 30y 11d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm fast
- From
- Feni
- Age
- 30y 11d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm fast
- From
- Feni
Mohammad Saifuddin, a seam-bowling all-rounder from Feni, broke into First-Class cricket with Chittagong Division. A year later, strong showings in junior cricket earned him a spot in Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, which his country staged. At 19, he became the hosts' leading wicket-taker with 13 dismissals across six innings, as Bangladesh won five of their six fixtures and claimed third place.
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The period after that tournament was far from smooth. He dealt with fitness problems and was reported for a suspect bowling action. He worked through those difficulties, and his displays for Bangladesh U-23 at the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup led to his first T20I selection, for the April 2017 series against Sri Lanka.
His one-day international debut came next, against South Africa, where he contributed some quick runs but leaked plenty with the ball. Kept on for the T20Is on that tour, he endured a painful evening when David Miller hit him for five sixes in a row within a single over. Miller went on to reach three figures in 35 balls, matching the quickest hundred in T20I cricket.
A couple of further unconvincing outings cost Saifuddin his place. He was nonetheless recalled for the home ODIs against Zimbabwe in October 2018 and responded immediately. With Bangladesh in trouble in his first game back, he and Imrul Kayes put on 127 together in a winning cause, and Saifuddin brought up his first ODI fifty. In the next match he took 3/45 from 10 overs and was named Man of the Match.
Injuries to his back and patchy form have since limited his international chances. He claimed 13 wickets in 7 matches at the 2019 World Cup, yet has not played an ODI since 2021, and his T20I outings have been irregular. Left out of the 2024 T20 World Cup, he stepped away from the game for two months. After more than a year outside the national team, he returned for the 2025 T20I series against Sri Lanka.
