Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tanzim Hasan Sakib

• Tanzim Hasan Sakib is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He came to the limelight in 2023 when his misogynist remarks went viral on social media.

• When he was young, he got a talent pool scholarship in the PEC exam from Adityapur Government Primary School, Balaganj.

• In class 8, he was selected at Moulvibazar District Stadium for the under-13 national team. He completed a three-month bowling course at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong and was admitted to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan.

  

• While training at BKSP, he played for the Bangladesh national under-17 cricket team in India in 2016 and the under-19 team in England and Sri Lanka in 2019.

• On 27 March 2019, he made his List A debut for Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.

• In December 2019, he was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

• On 29 March 2021, he made his first-class debut for Sylhet Division in the 2020–21 National Cricket League.

• On 5 June 2021, in the Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, he became the man of the match.

  

• In December 2021, he became a part of Bangladesh’s team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

• In the 2023 Asia Cup, he was chosen as the replacement player in the Bangladesh squad.

• In his international debut in the Asia Cup 2023, Sakib took the wicket of India captain Rohit Sharma. In an interview, he talked about taking Rohit’s wicket and said,
  

  First wicket of Rohit bhai was a dream wicket. I just concentrate on line and length. I mentally prepare myself for a long spell. That ball (the last ball to Shami), I believed I could bowl the perfect ball. Very good feeling.”

• In November 2023, he played his last List-A match for Bangladesh ‘A’ in a match against India ‘A’ during the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament in Sri Lanka. He took the wickets of opener Sai Sudharsan and all-rounder Riyan Parag in the match.

• Sakib has participated in domestic cricket across all three formats, with List-A cricket where he excelled the most. In 37 matches, he took 57 wickets at a strike rate of 31.7.

• He has achieved a four-wicket and a five-wicket performance in List-A cricket. Sakib’s top bowling figures in List-A format are 5/55.

• Sakib enjoys playing football during his leisure time.