List of Bangladesh national cricket captains#Test captains

{{Short description|Captains of Bangladesh cricket teams}}

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Bangladesh became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 26 June 2000,{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/807107.stm | title = Bangladesh delight at Test status | publisher = BBC News | access-date = 2008-04-08 | date = 26 June 2000}} and played its first Test match against India later that year.{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/bangladesh/4482075.stm | title =Bangladesh in Tests: A short history | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 2008-04-08 | date = 10 May 2005}} Before then, it had been an associate member of the ICC since 1977,{{cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/about-icc/history-1964-1988.html |title=History – 1964 – 1988 – International Cricket Conference |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=2008-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721010931/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/about-icc/history-1964-1988.html |archive-date=2008-07-21 }} competing in six ICC Trophies, the leading One Day International (ODI) competition for non-Test playing nations. The country has enjoyed some success in ODI's and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) since its promotion, but has struggled to perform in the Test match arena. Recent years have seen the nation improve tremendously however, and it is beginning to establish itself as a powerful force in the cricketing world.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wivbdesh2009/content/current/story/415358.html|title=Raqibul and Shakib inspire first overseas series win|last=Veera|first=Sriram|date=20 June 2009|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2009-10-06}}

Men's cricket

=Test captains=

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| image1 =Najmul Hossain Shanto.jpg

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| caption1 = Najmul Hossain Shanto is the current captain of Bangladesh in all formats.

| image2 = Mushfiqur Rahim batting against England at Lords in 2010, cropped.jpg

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| caption2 = Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is Bangladesh's most successful Test captain, having won 7 test matches under his captaincy

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| caption3 = Mashrafe Mortaza is the most successful Bangladeshi ODI captain. He is the only Bangladeshi ODI captain to win 50 ODIs)

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| caption4 = Shakib Al Hasan is the most successful captain for Bangladesh in T20I, captaining since 2009.

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national cricket team for at least one Test match.

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|+ Bangladeshi Test captains{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1;id=25;type=team|title=List of Bangladeshi Test cricket captains|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date= 2018-11-15}}

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! No. !! Name !! Year !! Opposition !! Location !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Drawn

rowspan="6" | 1

| rowspan=6 | Naimur Rahman{{cite web| url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/player/56035.html | title =Naimur Rahman | access-date = 2008-04-08 | publisher = ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web| url = http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/56035.html?captain=1;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=default;template=results;type=allround |title = Naimur Rahman – Test matches – All-round analysis – As captain | publisher = ESPNcricinfo| access-date = 2008-04-08}}

| 2000–01

{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh1010
| 2000–01{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagu|Zimbabwe}}2020
rowspan=2| 2001–02{{cr|PAK}}{{flagu|Pakistan}}1010
| {{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}1010
| 2001–02{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2011
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| colspan=3 | Total

7061
rowspan=7 | 2

| rowspan=7 | Khaled Mashud

2001–02{{Cr|NZL}}{{flagu|New Zealand}}2020
| 2001–02{{cr|PAK}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
| 2002{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}2020
| 2002–03{{Cr|RSA}}{{flagu|South Africa}}2020
| 2002–03{{Cr|WIN}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
| 2004–05{{Cr|NZL}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
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| colspan=3 | Total

120120
rowspan=5 | 3

| rowspan=5 | Khaled Mahmud

2003{{Cr|RSA}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
| 2003{{Cr|AUS}}{{flagu|Australia}}2020
| 2003{{cr|PAK}}{{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan3030
| 2003–04{{Cr|ENG}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
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| colspan=3 | Total

9090
rowspan=10 | 4

| rowspan=10 | Habibul Bashar

| 2003–04

{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagu|Zimbabwe}}2011
2004{{Cr|WIN}}{{flagu|West Indies}}2011
2004–05{{cr|IND}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
2004–05{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2101
2005{{Cr|ENG}}{{flagu|England}}2020
2005–06{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}2020
2005–06{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
2005–06{{Cr|AUS}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
2007{{cr|IND}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2011
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| colspan=3 | Total

181134
rowspan=7 | 5

| rowspan=7 | Mohammad Ashraful

| 2007

{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}3030
2007–08{{Cr|NZL}}{{flagu|New Zealand}}2020
2007–08{{Cr|SA}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
2008–09{{Cr|NZL}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2011
2008–09{{Cr|RSA}}{{flagu|South Africa}}2020
2008–09{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
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| colspan=3 | Total

130121
rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | Mashrafe Mortaza

| 2009

{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|WIN}} West Indies1100
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| colspan=3 | Total

1100
rowspan="13" | 7

| rowspan="13" | Shakib Al Hasan

| 2009

{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|WIN}} West Indies1100
2009–10{{cr|NZL}}{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand1010
2009–10{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
2009–10{{cr|ENG}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
2010{{cr|ENG}}{{flagicon|ENG}} England2020
2011{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe1010
2018{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|WIN}} West indies2020
2018–19{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2200
2019–20{{cr|AFG|2013}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh1010
2022{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|WIN}} West Indies2020
2022–23{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
2022-23{{cr|IRE}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh1100
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| colspan="3" | Total

194150
rowspan="19" | 8

| rowspan="19" | Mushfiqur Rahim

| 2011–12

{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2011
2011–12{{cr|PAK}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
2012–13{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2020
2012–13{{cr|SRI}}{{flagicon|SRI}} Sri Lanka2011
2013{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe2110
2013–14{{cr|NZL}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2002
2013–14{{cr|SRI}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2011
2014{{cr|WIN}}{{flagicon|WIN}} West Indies2020
2014–15{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh3300
2014–15{{cr|PAK}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2011
2015{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh1001
2015{{cr|RSA}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2002
2016–17{{cr|ENG}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2110
2016–17{{cr|NZL}}{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand1010
2016–17{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|IND}} India1010
2016–17{{cr|SRI}}{{flagicon|SRI}} Sri Lanka2110
2017{{cr|AUS}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2110
2017–18{{cr|RSA}}{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa2020
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| colspan="3" | Total

347189
rowspan="2" | 9

| rowspan="2" | Tamim Iqbal

| 2016–17

{{cr|NZL}}{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand1010
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| colspan="3" | Total

1010
rowspan="4" | 10

| rowspan="4" | Mahmudullah

| 2018

{{cr|SRI}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2011
2018{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh2110
2019{{cr|NZL}}{{flagu|New Zealand}}2020
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| colspan="3" | Total

6141
rowspan="11" | 11

| rowspan="11" | Mominul Haque

| 2019–20

{{cr|IND}}{{flagicon|IND}} India2020
2020{{cr|PAK}}{{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan1010
2020{{cr|ZIM}}{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh1100
| 2021{{Cr|WIN}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
| 2021{{Cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}2011
| 2021{{Cr|ZIM}}{{flagu|Zimbabwe}}1100
| 2021{{cr|PAK}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2020
| 2022{{cr|NZL}}{{flagu|New Zealand}}2110
| 2022{{cr|SAF}}{{flagu|South Africa}}2020
| 2022{{cr|SRI}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2011
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| colspan="3" | Total

173122
rowspan="2" |12

| rowspan="2" |Litton Das

|2023

{{cr|AFG|2013}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}1100
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| colspan="3" | Total

1100
rowspan="7" |13

| rowspan="7" |Najmul Hossain Shanto

|2023–24

{{cr|NZL}}{{flagu|Bangladesh}}2110
2023/24

|pakistan

|pakistan

| 2

| 2

| 0

| 0

2023/24

|india

|india

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

2024

|South Africa

|South Africa

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

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| colspan="3" | Total

8350
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bgcolor="#F5DEB3"| colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | Total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283877.html|title=Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}1422010418

  • Last updated: 9 December 2023 (as of the Test series between {{cr|BAN}} and {{Cr|NZ}} on 6–10 December 2023.)

=One-Day International captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team for at least one One Day International.

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|+ Bangladeshi ODI captains{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2;id=25;type=team |title=Records / Bangladesh / One-Day Internationals / List of captains |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2011-11-11}}

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! No. !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Tied !! Lost !! NR

| 1Gazi Ashraf1986–199070070
| 2Minhajul Abedin199020020
| 3Akram Khan1995–19981510140
| 4Aminul Islam1998–20001620140
| 5Naimur Rahman2000–200140040
| 6Khaled Mashud2001–20063040242
| 7Khaled Mahmud20031500150
| 8Habibul Bashar2004–200769290400
| 9Rajin Saleh200420020
| 10Mohammad Ashraful2007–20093880300
style="background:#def;" class="sortbottom"11Shakib Al Hasan2009–present50230261
| 12Mashrafe Mortaza2010/2014-202088500362
| 13Mushfiqur Rahim2011–201437110242
14Tamim Iqbal2019-202337210132
| 15Litton Das2022-202353020
| 16Najmul Hossain Shanto2023–Present42010{{citation |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/individual-list-captains/bangladesh-25/one-day-internationals-2|title=Records / Bangladesh / One-Day Internationals / List of captains |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2023-09-26}}
colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Total{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283878.html |title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2018-12-15}} ||407||147||0||252||7

  • Last updated: 26 September 2023 (as of 3rd ODI match between {{cr|NZ}} v {{Cr|BAN}})

=Twenty20 International captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team in at least one Twenty20 International.

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|+ Bangladeshi T20I captains{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3;id=25;type=team |title=Records / Bangladesh / Twenty20 Internationals / List of captains |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 November 2021}}

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! No. !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR

| 1Shahriar Nafees200611000
| 2Mohammad Ashraful2007–2009112900
style="background:#def;"3Shakib Al Hasan2009– present39162300
| 4Mushfiqur Rahim2011–20142381401
| 5Mashrafe Mortaza2014-201728101701
| 6Mahmudullah2018–202243162601
| 7Liton Das202110100
| 8Nurul Hasan Sohan2022-202253200
| 9Mosaddek Hossain202210100
10

|Najmul Hossain Shanto

|2023

|1

| colspan="4" |TBD

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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html |title=Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 November 2021}}

156589403

  • Last Updated: 27 December 2023 (as of {{cr|BAN}} Vs New Zealand)

Women's cricket

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| caption1 = Nigar Sultana is the current captain of Bangladesh in all formats.

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| caption2 = Salma Khatun is the most successful captain for Bangladesh in all formats.

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=Women's ODI captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's One Day International.

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|+ Bangladesh Women ODI captains{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=9;id=4240;type=team|title=Records/Bangladesh Women ODI/ List of Captains|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 February 2019}}

! SL. No. !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! {{tooltip|NR|No Result}} !! Win %

1Salma Khatun2011-2015184130123.52
2Jahanara Alam201621001100.00
3Rumana Ahmed2017–2021163130018.75
4Fahima Khatun202122000100
5Nigar Sultana2021–present9360033.33
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| colspan=3 align=center| Total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283304.html|title=Records/ Women ODIs/Result Summary/ Bangladesh|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 March 2019}}

4914330229.78

  • Last updated 31 July 2022.

=Women's T20I captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's Twenty20 International.

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|+Bangladesh Women T20 captains{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=10;id=4240;type=team|title=Records/Bangladesh Women T20I/ List of Captains|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 February 2019}}

!Sl. No. !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! {{tooltip|NR|No result}} !!Win %

|1Salma Khatun2012–20206527380041.53
|2Jahanara Alam2014-2016707000.00
|3Rumana Ahmed2016303000.00
|4Nigar Sultana2022–present4310075.00
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| colspan=3 align=center| Total{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283303.html|title=Records/Bangladesh Women/T20Is/Result Summary|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 March 2019}}

7930490037.97

  • Last updated 31 July 2022.

Youth cricket

=Under-19s Test captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 Test match.

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! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="8"| Bangladeshi Under-19 Test captains{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=20;id=723;type=team| title=Bangladesh U19/ List of Test Captains|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 February 2019}}

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! No !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! D/T !! Win %

| 1Enamul Haque Jr200420200.00
| 2Shahriar Nafees200410010.00
| 3Mahmudul Hasan2007–0971240.00
| 4Suhrawadi Shuvo200420020.00
| 5Mosaddek Hossain201320020.00
| 6Mehedi Hasan Miraz201520020.00
| 7Towhid Hridoy2018211050.00
| 8Akbar Ali20192200100.00
| 9Amite Hasan201920020.00
| 10Aich Mollah202110100.00
|11Ahrar Amin202210010.00
|12Sharear Sakib202310100.00
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/337073.html|title=Records/ Under-19s Test Matches/ Bangladesh |publisher=ESPNCricnfo|date=10 March 2019}}

255713

  • Last updated: 31 December 2023

=Under-19s ODI captains=

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the Super Six stage match against Pakistan in 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh's greatest success in the Under-19 World Cup has been winning the title in 2020 beating India in the final. Bangladesh also won the plate, the competition for teams failing to progress past the first qualifying round of the Under-19 World Cup. They achieved this in both 1997/8 and 2003/4, and during the latter tournament, beating Australia in doing so.

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! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="8"| Bangladeshi Under-19 ODI captains{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=21;id=723;type=team|title=Records/ Bangladesh U19 team/ One Day/ List of Captains|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 February 2019}}

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! Number !! Name !! Year !! Played !! Won !! Tied !! Lost !! {{tooltip|NR|No result}}

| 1Shabbir Khan1997/876010
| 2Hannan Sarkar1999/200075020
| 3Nafees Iqbal2001–02/2003–04103160
| 4Ashiqur Rahman2003/0486020
| 5Shahriar Nafees200410010
| 6Mushfiqur Rahim2005–061814040
| 7Mahmudul Hasan200735220112
| 8Suhrawadi Shuvo2007–082212091
| 10Anamul Haque201274030
| 11Al-Amin201210010
| 12Mosaddek Hossain201252030
| 14Asif Ahmed201364020
| 15Mehedi Hasan Miraz2013/1648300171
| 16Mehedi Hasan Rana201311000
| 17Nazmul Hossain Shanto201576010
| 18Saif Hassan2016–2018155091
| 19Towhid Hridoy201882042
| 20Akbar Ali2019–20202821142
| 21S M Meherob Hasan2021103070
| 22Rakibul Hasan2021–present82051
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| colspan=3 align=center| Grand total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/337074.html|title=Records/ Under-19s/ ODIs/ Bangladesh|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 March 2019}}

282164210610

  • Last updated 12 February 2024

See also

References

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  • {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/Test/Miscellaneous/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html |title=Bangladesh Captains' Playing Record in Test Matches |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/ODI/Miscellaneous/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html |title=Bangladesh Captains' Playing Record in ODI Matches |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/UOdis/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html|title= Bangladesh Captains' Playing Record in Youth ODI Matches|access-date= 2008-02-08|work= Cricket Archive|archive-date= 9 November 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131109152257/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/UOdis/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html|url-status= dead}}
  • {{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/Icct/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html|title= Bangladesh Captains' Playing Record in the ICC Trophy|access-date= 2008-02-08|work= Cricket Archive|archive-date= 18 October 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121018005057/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/Icct/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html|url-status= dead}}

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