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| Full name | Sheikh Tushar Imran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (age 41) Kharki,Jessore,Khulna, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 28) | 28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 July 2007 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 55) | 23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 31 December 2007 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 55 (previously 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–present | Khulna Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sheikh Tushar Imran (born 10 December 1983) is acricketer fromBangladesh who has represented his country inTest matches andOne Day Internationals (ODIs). In January 2018 he became the first Bangladesh player to score 10,000 runs infirst-class cricket.[1] In November 2021, he announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket.[2] Now he is a professional cricket coach. He was also coachedSylhet Strikers inBPL 2023 and 2025.[3][4] He also CoachedChattogram Challengers in BPL 2024.[5][6]
Imran first hit the headlines aged just 17 when he made 131 from 106 balls in a domestic match for his sideKhulna Division in 2000–01.This was the same season in which Bangladesh were granted Test status and although he had to wait a while to join the Test team he madehis ODI debut in 2001.[citation needed]
His Test debut came againstSri Lanka at Colombo on July 28, 2002. He made 8 and 28 as Bangladesh were defeated by 288 runs.In order to play the game he had edged out three former Bangladeshi captains inNaimur Rahman,Akram Khan andAminul Islam which showed that the selectors were willing to invest in him.[citation needed]
He has so far struggled in the international stage but is a regular for Bangladesh A who he captains. He was first part of a Bangladesh A tour when they went England in the summer of 2005. Imran impressed with a run-a-ball 70 against Surrey.[citation needed]
In December 2016, during the2016–17 National Cricket League, he scored his 19th century, the most first-class hundreds by a Bangladeshi.[7] He was the top run-scorer in the2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League, with a total of 731 runs.[8]
In January 2018, during the2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, he scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.[9] He became the first Bangladesh player to reach this landmark.[10] He was the leading run-scorer forCentral Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 725 runs in six matches.[11]
In October 2018, during the2018–19 National Cricket League, he became the first batsman to score seven centuries in the same year in domestic cricket in Bangladesh.[12] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Khulna Division in the tournament, with 518 runs in five matches.[13]
After his retirement, he started coaching various clubs and franchise in Bangladeshi Domestic Circuit. He was the head coach ofSheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club from 2022 to 2024.
He became the batting coach of Sylhet Strikers for BPL 2023.[14] In 2024, he became the Head Coach of Chattogram Challengers in BPL 2024.[15] He was praised both by fans and the management when he was in Chattogram.
In 2024, he came back to Sylhet Strikers and became their batting coach for BPL 2025.
Tushar Imran also coached the Bangladesh Under 17 team and Bangladesh HP team in 2024.[16][17]
He was also rejected as batting coach ofBangladesh Cricket Team, as he submitted his application late.[18]
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