Mehrab Hossain jnr

Mehrab Hossain Junior is a left arm slow bowler and left handed batsman in the Bangladesh cricket team. The other teams for whom he has played are Dhaka Division, Bangladesh Under-19s and Bangladesh A.

Mehrab Hossain Junior played his first One day International on 13th October 2006 at Jaipur (Sawai Mansingh Stadium) and the opponent was Zimbabwe. He did not get a chance to bat in this match. He bowled 3 overs in which 12 runs were scored. This match was won by Bangladesh by 101 runs. Hossain’s debut Test match was played at Colombo against Sri Lanka from 3rd to 5th July 2007. In the 1st innings, he was the No. 6 batsman and scored 6 runs in 15 balls. He took 2 wickets in the 7.5 overs he bowled in which 29 runs were scored. In the 2nd innings, he was promoted to the No. 4 batting spot where he scored 8 runs in 7 deliveries. Sri Lanka was victorious in this match by an innings and 90 runs.

Career Highlights

Mehrab Hossain Junior has participated in 7 Test matches. He has scored 243 runs with 83 as his highest score. His batting average has been 20.25 and batting strike rate has been 51.05. He has hit 32 boundaries, 1 sixer and 1 fifty and has taken 2 catches. He has bowled 407 deliveries in which he conceded 281 runs and made 4 dismissals. His bowling average was 70.25, bowling strike rate was 101.7 and economy rate was 4.14.