Mohammad Mithun

Mohammad Mithun Ali (born March 3, 1991) is a cricketer from Bangladesh. He made his debut for Sylhet Division in 2006/07. He plays for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League.[1] He made his Test debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2018.

Mohammad Mithun

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Mithun Ali
Born	2 March 1991 Kushtia, Khulna, Bangladesh
Nickname	Mithun
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Batsman, occasional wicketkeeper
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 91)	11 November 2018 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	22 February 2020 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 111)	17 June 2014 v India
Last ODI	6 March 2020 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 41)	12 February 2014 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	24 January 2020 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006-2009	Sylhet Division
2009-	Khulna Division
2012	Barisal Burners
2013	Khulna Royal Bengals
2015–present	Rangpur Riders
2018–present	Kandahar Knights
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 8 19 13 93 Runs scored 291 441 90 4,961 Batting average 19.40 31.50 10.00 34.69 100s/50s 0/2 0/4 0/0 12/25 Top score 67 63 47 186 Balls bowled - - - 91 Wickets - - - 2 Bowling average - - – 35.50 5 wickets in innings - - – 0 10 wickets in match - - – 0 Best bowling - - – 1/12 Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/– 3/– 133/20
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2020
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Men's Cricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team

Domestic career

Mithun made his first-class debut playing for Sylhet Division in November 2006. He enjoyed a good limited-overs season in 2008/09 when he topped the run charts for his team with 285 runs at an imposing strike rate of 105. He plays for Barisal Burners in the Bangladesh Premier League.

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Rangpur Riders team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[2] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Sylhet Thunder in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[3]

International career

His hard-hitting approach earned him a selection for the T20 World Cup in England. Mithun was named as replacement of captain Mushfiqur Rahim in the two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka in February 2014 as the wicketkeeper. Mithun had been in Bangladesh cricket team's World T20 squad in 2009, making this his second inclusion in the senior team. He was then called up to the ODI squad for the three-match series against India in June and made his ODI debut and scored 26 runs.

In October 2018, he was named in Bangladesh's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[4] He made his debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 11 November 2018.[5] He became the most experienced first-class cricketer from Bangladesh to make his Test debut, with 88 matches.[6]

Cricket World Cup 2019

In April 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[7][8] In his first world cup match, Mithun scored 21 runs against South Africa.[9]

References

1. "Mohammad Mithun". cricbuzz. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
2. "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
3. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
4. "Bangladesh hand Nazmul, Mithun maiden Test call-ups". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
5. "2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Nov 11-15 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
6. "Zimbabwe's shot at rare away series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
7. "Bangladesh pick ODI newbie Abu Jayed for World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
8. "Shakib, Jayed, Hossain in Bangladesh squad for World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
9. "BD Vs. SA ICC Cricket World Cup at London, Jun 2 2019".

External links

• Cricketarchive
• Mithun on Espncricinfo