Sabbir Rahman is a Bangladeshi right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner

Sabbir Rahman is a Bangladeshi right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner

Sabbir Rahman is a Bangladeshi right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, who was also a part of the 2010 Under-19 squad for the World Cup in New Zealand. Prior to that he had made his First-Cl...

Batting Career Summary

M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s St

Tests 5 10 2 247 64 30.88 459 53.81 0 0 3 30 3 0

ODI 32 28 4 696 65 29 729 95.47 0 0 3 69 19 0

T20I 29 28 5 686 80 29.83 565 121.42 0 0 3 66 19 0

Bowling Career Summary

M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W

Tests 5 3 66 33 0 10/0 10/0 3 0 0 0 0

ODI 32 13 187 201 2 12/1 12/1 6.45 100.5 93.5 0 0

T20I 29 8 67 70 6 11/3 11/3 6.27 11.67 11.17 0 0

Career Information

Test debut vs England at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Oct 20, 2016 Last Test vs India at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Feb 09, 2017 ODI debut vs Zimbabwe at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Nov 21, 2014 Last ODI vs New Zealand at Saxton Oval, Dec 31, 2016 T20 debut vs Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Feb 14, 2014 Last T20 vs New Zealand at Bay Oval, Jan 08, 2017

Sabbir's approach has provided a more localised blueprint of the Sehwag and Warner template. He differs from some of the best Bangladeshi batsmen in that he had his aggressive mindset before he made it to international cricket.

With no chairs in sight, we plonk ourselves down on the ground behind where the Rajshahi Kings players have placed their bags. Space is at a premium at the small Academy ground in Mirpur, with three teams training on the day, one on which no BPL games are due to be played. Sabbir speaks with the distinct Rajshahi cadence and gives off a smile every once in a while.

At the crease, he doesn't move as the bowler approaches, and only reacts according to the length. He brings his bat down in a flash to play the square-cut. When pulling the ball, he unwinds fast from his stance into a fiery shot, not always lifting his front leg for balance. His driving in the arc from in front of point to midwicket is also full of simplicity. There is no big backlift or flourish. See ball, hit ball.

He only recently made his maiden T20 century, a 61-ball 122 with nine sixes. Rajshahi couldn't beat Barisal Bulls in the match but the innings was a standout for its sheer quality of clean hitting. It followed an assured Test debut against England, in which Sabbir nearly won Bangladesh the match with a fighting half-century. Earlier in the year, he had produced a 54-ball 80 that gave Bangladesh their first T20 win over Sri Lanka.

He says that his fondness for big hitting developed at an early age, as far back as 1996, when a 37-ball century in Nairobi took the world by storm.

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