Sheikh Tushar Imran (born 10 December 1983) is a

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er from

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who has represented his country in Test matches and

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s (ODIs). In January 2018 he became the first Bangladesh player to score 10,000 runs in

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. In November 2021, he announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket.

Career

Imran first hit the headlines aged just 17 when he made 131 from 106 balls in a domestic match for his side

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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 made his ODI debut in 2001. His Test debut came against

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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 in

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, Akram Khan and Aminul Islam which showed that the selectors were willing to invest in him. 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. In December 2016, during the

2016–17 National Cricket League The 2016–17 National Cricket League was the eighteenth edition of the National Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. The tournament started on 25 September 2016 and concluded on 6 January 2017. Khulna D ...

, he scored his 19th century, the most first-class hundreds by a Bangladeshi. He was the top run-scorer in the

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, with a total of 731 runs. In January 2018, during the

2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League The 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League was the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition. It was held in Bangladesh, starting on 6 January 2018 and concluding on 27 April 2018. North Zone were the defend ...

, he scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket. He became the first Bangladesh player to reach this landmark. He was the leading run-scorer for

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in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 725 runs in six matches. In October 2018, during the

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, he became the first batsman to score seven centuries in the same year in domestic cricket in Bangladesh. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Khulna Division in the tournament, with 518 runs in five matches.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imran, Tushar 1983 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Khulna Division cricketers Brothers Union cricketers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club cricketers Bangladesh South Zone cricketers Kala Bagan Krira Chakra cricketers People from Jessore District