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Imrul Kayes

Bangladesh|Opening Batter
Imrul Kayes
INTL CAREER: 2008 - 2019
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Full Name

Imrul Kayes

Born

February 02, 1987, Meherpur, Khulna

Age

37y 277d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Fielding Position

Occasional Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Imrul Kayes was, with Tamim Iqbal, one half of Bangladesh's most successful opening partnership in Tests and ODIs. But through his decade-long career, he had a tough time holding down his place in the national side. He missed more ODIs than he played, and despite being more consistent than many of Tamim's partners, he was frequently dropped in Tests too.

In 2015, Tamim and he made 312 opening in the second innings of a Test against Pakistan, breaking a 55-year-old record. Imrul made 150 in that stand, after having kept wicket in place of Mushfiqur Rahim for 120 overs. It was his third hundred in four matches, and the last of his Test career, though that lasted another four years in on-off fashion.

Imrul's international career began in 2008, on the back of big domestic scores, and he was Bangladesh's most prolific ODI run-scorer in 2010, with 867 runs. The following year, he won two Player-of-the-Match awards in the ODI World Cup campaign, but by 2012, he had lost his place.

In 2016, when Imrul made another comeback, coach Chandika Hathurusingha helped him find focus in ODI cricket; he scored his second century in the format, against England, and averaged 46 that year.

His Test career ended with a whimper - he went over a dozen matches without a fifty - but his white-ball one finished with a bang: he made 349 runs, with two centuries and a big fifty, against Zimbabwe in his penultimate ODI series, in 2018.

Imrul Kayes Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests39762179715024.28374248.023424011350
ODIs78782243414432.02342371.1041623837210
T20Is14130119369.1513488.800014340
FC13624411785920433.72--2026--1240
List A22822711738314434.18994674.231347738144872
T20s16816412348582*22.922981116.90015304139690

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests39424120---3.00-000
ODIs78------------
T20Is14------------
FC1362835325361/01/042.164.3058.8000
List A22812778822/182/1844.006.8538.5000
T20s168330330---6.60-000

Imrul Kayes T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
BPL4 teams11110911234081*23.871995117.2901120797480

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
BPL4 teams111------------
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Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim, the captains ahead of the final
Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim pose with the trophy at a Dhaka metro station
Imrul Kayes and Nurul Hasan at the toss
Imryul Kayes spins the coin as Shakib Al Hasan watches
Chattogram Challengers' Shuvagata Hom and Imrul Kayes of Comilla Victorians at the toss
Shai Hope and Imrul Kayes at the toss