List of Bangladesh national cricket captains

Bangladesh became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 26 June 2000,^[1] and played its first Test match against India later that year.^[2] Before then, it had been an associate member of the ICC since 1977,^[3] competing in six ICC Trophies, the leading One Day International (ODI) competition for non-Test playing nations. The country has enjoyed some success in ODI's and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) since its promotion, but has struggled to perform in the Test match arena. Recent years have seen the nation improve tremendously however, and it is beginning to establish itself as a powerful force in the cricketing world.^[4]

Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim was Bangladesh's Most successful Test captain, having won 7 test matches under his captaincy)

Mashrafe Mortaza is the most successful Bangladeshi ODI captain. He is the only Bangladeshi ODI captain to win 50 ODIs) <

Men's cricket

Test captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national cricket team for at least one Test match.

Bangladeshi Test captains^[5]

No.	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Naimur Rahman^[6]^[7]	2000–01	India	Bangladesh	1	0	1	0
		2000–01	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		2001–02	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0
			Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
		2001–02	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		Total			7	0	6	1
2	Khaled Mashud	2001–02	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
		2001–02	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2002	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0
		2002–03	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	2	0
		2002–03	West Indies	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2004–05	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		Total			12	0	12	0
3	Khaled Mahmud	2003	South Africa	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2003	Australia	Australia	2	0	2	0
		2003	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	3	0
		2003–04	England	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		Total			9	0	9	0
4	Habibul Bashar	2003–04	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		2004	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	1	1
		2004–05	India	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2004–05	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2	1	0	1
		2005	England	England	2	0	2	0
		2005–06	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0
		2005–06	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2005–06	Australia	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2007	India	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		Total			18	1	13	4
5	Mohammad Ashraful	2007	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0
		2007–08	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
		2007–08	South Africa	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2008–09	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2008–09	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	2	0
		2008–09	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		Total			13	0	12	1
6	Mashrafe Mortaza	2009	West Indies	West Indies	1	1	0	0
		Total			1	1	0	0
7	Shakib Al Hasan	2009	West Indies	West Indies	1	1	0	0
		2009–10	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0
		2009–10	India	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2009–10	England	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2010	England	England	2	0	2	0
		2011	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0
		2018	West Indies	West indies	2	0	2	0
		2018–19	West Indies	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	1	0	1	0
		2022	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	2	0
		2022–23	India	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2022-23	Ireland	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0
		Total			19	4	15	0
8	Mushfiqur Rahim	2011–12	West Indies	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2011–12	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2012–13	West Indies	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2012–13	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	1
		2013	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	1	0
		2013–14	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2
		2013–14	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2014	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	2	0
		2014–15	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	3	3	0	0
		2014–15	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2015	India	Bangladesh	1	0	0	1
		2015	South Africa	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2
		2016–17	England	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0
		2016–17	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0
		2016–17	India	India	1	0	1	0
		2016–17	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
		2017	Australia	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0
		2017–18	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	2	0
		Total			34	7	18	9
9	Tamim Iqbal	2016–17	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0
		Total			1	0	1	0
10	Mahmudullah	2018	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2018	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0
		2019	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
		Total			6	1	4	1
11	Mominul Haque	2019–20	India	India	2	0	2	0
		2020	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		2020	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0
		2021	West Indies	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2021	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	1
		2021	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0
		2021	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0
		2022	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	1	0
		2022	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	2	0
		2022	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		Total			17	3	12	2
12	Litton Das	2023	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0
		Total			1	1	0	0
13	Najmul Hossain Shanto	2023–24	New Zealand	Bangladesh	2	1	1	TBD
		Total			2	1	1	TBD
Total^[8]					138	18	102	18

• Last updated: 9 December 2023 (as of the Test series between   Bangladesh and   New Zealand on 6–10 December 2023.)

One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team for at least one One Day International.

Bangladeshi ODI captains^[9]

No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Gazi Ashraf	1986–1990	7	0	0	7	0
2	Minhajul Abedin	1990	2	0	0	2	0
3	Akram Khan	1995–1998	15	1	0	14	0
4	Aminul Islam	1998–2000	16	2	0	14	0
5	Naimur Rahman	2000–2001	4	0	0	4	0
6	Khaled Mashud	2001–2006	30	4	0	24	2
7	Khaled Mahmud	2003	15	0	0	15	0
8	Habibul Bashar	2004–2007	69	29	0	40	0
9	Rajin Saleh	2004	2	0	0	2	0
10	Mohammad Ashraful	2007–2009	38	8	0	30	0
11	Shakib Al Hasan	2009–present	50	23	0	26	1
12	Mashrafe Mortaza	2010/2014-2020	88	50	0	36	2
13	Mushfiqur Rahim	2011–2014	37	11	0	24	2
14	Tamim Iqbal	2019-2023	37	21	0	13	2
15	Liton Das	2022-2023	5	3	0	2	0
16	Najmul Hossain Shanto	2023–2023	1	0	0	1	0^[10]
Total^[11]			407	147	0	252	7

• Last updated: 26 September 2023 (as of 3rd ODI match between   New Zealand v   Bangladesh)

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh national team in at least one Twenty20 International.

Bangladeshi T20I captains^[12]

No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Shahriar Nafees	2006	1	1	0	0	0
2	Mohammad Ashraful	2007–2009	11	2	9	0	0
3	Shakib Al Hasan	2009– present	39	16	23	0	0
4	Mushfiqur Rahim	2011–2014	23	8	14	0	1
5	Mashrafe Mortaza	2014-2017	28	10	17	0	1
6	Mahmudullah	2018–2022	43	16	26	0	1
7	Liton Das	2021	1	0	1	0	0
8	Nurul Hasan Sohan	2022-2022	5	3	2	0	0
9	Mosaddek Hossain	2022	1	0	1	0	0
10	Najmul Hossain Shanto	2023	1	TBD
Total^[13]			156	58	94	0	3

• Last Updated: 27 December 2023 (as of   Bangladesh Vs New Zealand)

Women's cricket

Women's ODI captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's One Day International.

Bangladesh Women ODI captains^[14]

SL. No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
1	Salma Khatun	2011-2015	18	4	13	0	1	23.52
2	Jahanara Alam	2016	2	1	0	0	1	100.00
3	Rumana Ahmed	2017–2021	16	3	13	0	0	18.75
4	Fahima Khatun	2021	2	2	0	0	0	100
5	Nigar Sultana	2021–present	9	3	6	0	0	33.33
Total^[15]			49	14	33	0	2	29.78

• Last updated 31 July 2022.

Women's T20I captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladesh women's cricket team for at least one Women's Twenty20 International.

Bangladesh Women T20 captains^[16]

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
1	Salma Khatun	2012–2020	65	27	38	0	0	41.53
2	Jahanara Alam	2014-2016	7	0	7	0	0	0.00
3	Rumana Ahmed	2016	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
4	Nigar Sultana	2022-present	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
Total^[17]			79	30	49	0	0	37.97

• Last updated 31 July 2022.

Youth cricket

Under-19s test captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 Test match.

Bangladeshi Under-19 Test captains^[18]
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn/Tied
1	Enamul Haque Jr	2004	2	0	2	0
2	Shahriar Nafees	2004	1	0	0	1
3	Mahmudul Hasan	2007–09	7	1	2	4
4	Suhrawadi Shuvo	2004	2	0	0	2
5	Mosaddek Hossain	2013	2	0	0	2
6	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	2015	2	0	0	2
7	Towhid Hridoy	2018	2	1	1	0
8	Akbar Ali	2019	2	2	0	0
9	Amite Hasan	2019	2	0	0	2
10	Aich Mollah	2021	1	0	1	0
Total^[19]			23	4	6	13

• Last updated: 31 July 2022

Under-19s ODI captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the third Under-19 ODI against India in 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh's greatest success in the Under-19 World Cup has been winning the title in 2020 beating India in the final. Bangladesh also won the plate which is the competition for teams failing to progress past the first qualifying round of the Under-19 World Cup. They achieved this in both 1997/8 and 2003/4, and during the latter tournament, beating Australia in doing so.

Bangladeshi Under-19 ODI captains^[20]
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Shabbir Khan	1997/8	7	6	0	1	0
2	Hannan Sarkar	1999/2000	7	5	0	2	0
3	Nafees Iqbal	2001–02/2003–04	10	3	1	6	0
4	Ashiqur Rahman	2003/04	8	6	0	2	0
5	Shahriar Nafees	2004	1	0	0	1	0
6	Mushfiqur Rahim	2005–06	18	14	0	4	0
7	Mahmudul Hasan	2007	35	22	0	11	2
8	Suhrawadi Shuvo	2007–08	22	12	0	9	1
10	Anamul Haque	2012	7	4	0	3	0
11	Al-Amin	2012	1	0	0	1	0
12	Mosaddek Hossain	2012	5	2	0	3	0
14	Asif Ahmed	2013	6	4	0	2	0
15	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	2013/16	48	30	0	17	1
16	Mehedi Hasan Rana	2013	1	1	0	0	0
17	Nazmul Hossain Shanto	2015	7	6	0	1	0
18	Saif Hassan	2016–2018	15	5	0	9	1
19	Towhid Hridoy	2018	8	2	0	4	2
20	Akbar Ali	2019–2020	28	21	1	4	2
21	S M Meherob Hasan	2021	10	3	0	7	0
22	Rakibul Hasan	2021-present	8	2	0	5	1
Grand total^[21]			252	148	2	92	10

• Last updated 31 July 2022

ICC Trophy

The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Bangladesh participated in the tournament before they gained Test status. This is a list of the men who captained Bangladesh in the ICC Trophy.

Bangladeshi ICC Trophy captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result	Where finished
1	Raqibul Hasan	1979	4	2	0	2	0	Third in qualifying group
2	Shafiq-ul-Haq	1982	7	4	0	3	0	Fourth
3	Gazi Ashraf	1986	6	2	0	4	0	Sixth in qualifying group
		1990	7	5	0	2	0	Semi-Finalists
		Total	13	7	0	6	0
4	Faruk Ahmed	1994	7	4	0	3	0	Third in second round qualifying group
5	Akram Khan	1997	9	8	0	0	1	Champion
6	Aminul Islam		1	1	0	0	0
Grand total^[22]			41	26	0	14	1

See also

• List of Bangladeshi Test cricketers
• List of Bangladeshi ODI cricketers

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