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| Born | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (age 41) Sylhet, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 26) | 28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 February 2006 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 57) | 4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 6 December 2011 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 12) | 1 September 2007 v Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 November 2011 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–present | Sylhet Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Sylhet Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Barisal Burners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Khulna Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Sylhet Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Rajshahi Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alok Kapali (Bengali:অলোক কাপালী; born 1 January 1984) is a Bangladeshicricketer. He is anallrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowlsleg spin. He was the firstBangladeshi cricketer to take aTest hat-trick.
Kapali was born into aBengali Hindu family inSylhet,Bangladesh. He is the youngest of six brothers and four sisters in his family.[1] His father worked at a Hindu temple in his hometown,Sylhet.
Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka atColombo. He took 2 wickets,Michael Vandort andUpul Chandana as well as scoring 39 runs and 23 runs with batting. In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included ahat-trick against Pakistan in 2003. This was spread over two overs and when he trappedUmar Gul in a LBW with the first ball of his 3rd over, Kapali became the first Bangladeshi bowler to achieve the milestone in Test cricket, and the youngest of all time, at the age of 19 years and 240 days. He finished with figures of three runs for three wickets (3/3). His effort in quickly cleaning up the tail order also allowed Bangladesh their maiden first innings lead in Tests. He is currently the player with the lowest amount of wickets in total, with 6, for those who have bowled a Test hat-trick.
With the bat, Kapali has struggled thus far in Test cricket and made his highest score of 85 runs against the West Indies at Chittagong.
Kapali has the unfortunate distinction of playing for the losing side in all 17 of his Test matches for Bangladesh.[2]
InOne Day International cricket he has been in and out of the side, impressing more with the bat than the ball. He hit the fastest century by a Bangladeshi batsmen (86 deliveries) in a match against India during the 2008 Asia cup.,[3] a record broken byShakib Al Hasan two years later.[4] He also holds the Bangladeshi record of 7th wicket partnership of 89 runs withKhaled Mashud, made against Kenya in 2006.One Day International Cricket - Partnership Records (Countries & Grounds)
Kapali scored 3 hundreds for Sylhet in the Bangladeshi National Cricket League of 2006–07, finishing with 744 runs.
He was the leading run-scorer in the2016–17 National Cricket League tournament, with 598 runs, including a career-best of 200not out in the final match of the competition.[5][6]
In January 2018, he scored his 20th century in first-class cricket, batting for theEast Zone againstCentral Zone, in the2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League.[7]
In 2008, Kapali was banned for 10 years for playing international cricket because he joined the unsanctionedIndian Cricket League and played for the Dhaka Warriors in theIndian Cricket League. He scored the first century in the two seasons of ICL, 100 runs in 60 balls, against Hyderabad Heroes. He finished as the second highest scorer of the league stage with 324 runs in 8 matches at an average of 54 runs. However Kapali announced he quit the ICL in June 2009 and was available for national selection by the 31st December 2009.[8]
TheBangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-teamBangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. The BCB made Alok Kapali the 'icon player' forSylhet Royals.[9] He scored 124 runs from 9 matches.[10]
Later he also played for several BPL teams, while his innings during final match of2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League on behalf ofComilla Victorians was extraordinary.
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for theSylhet Sixers team, following the draft for the2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. In November 2019, he was selected to play for theRajshahi Royals in the2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.
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