Sajidul Islam (; born 18 January 1988) is a Bangladeshi

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er. He made his international cricket debut in 2008 against New Zealand. Sajid is a left-handed batsman and left arm medium fast bowler. He played for Bangladesh Under-17s in 2003/04 and represented the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in 2006/07. He made his debut for Barisal Division in 2005/06 and took an impressive 40 first-class wickets in his first two seasons in the game, with a best analysis of 5 for 61 against

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Career

In December 2007, he was called up to the

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squad on tour in

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as a replacement for the injured Syed Rasel. On 4 January 2008 he made his Test debut, he took 2/71 which included taking a wicket with his second ball in Test cricket. In 2013, he made a successful return in the Test side when he played against Zimbabwe in Harare. In the 2012–13 season, Sajidul picked up 24 wickets for

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which prompted his signing to the

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in the Bangladesh Premier League.

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