Anamul Haque


Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and an opening right-handed batsman.

Early life

His hometown is Kushtia. He went to Kushtia Zilla School until the sixth grade. Later he was a student at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan.

Domestic career

He captained the Bangladesh U 19 world cup team in Australia and came out as the highest run scorer in the tournament. He made two hundred and won a Player of the Match there. He made his ODI debut against West Indies in Bangladesh in the first game of 2012 Sahara Cup in Khulna and went on to make his maiden century in the second game of the series on 2 December 2012. His match winning 120 earned him the title of the Player of the Match only in his second ODI of his career.
In September 2017, he scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, when he made 216 for Khulna Division against Rangpur Division in the 2017–18 National Cricket League.
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.
He was the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 658 runs in six matches. He was also the leading run-scorer for Prime Bank Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournament, with 552 runs in 16 matches. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

He made his place in Bangladesh squad for 2012 Asia Cup. He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on 8 March 2013 at Galle.
His knock of 120 against West Indies at Khulna was nominated to be one of the best ODI batting performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.
He was then called up for the Bangladesh squad for the 2015 cricket world cup. He played as an opening batsmen alongside Tamim Iqbal. On the fifth of March Anamul dislocated his shoulder while trying to save a boundary and that resulted in him being ruled out of the world cup.