Mahmudul Hasan Joy

Mahmudul Hasan Joy is a Bangladeshi cricketer born on November 13, 2000. He is a right-handed batter and is primarily regarded as a top-order batter. Joy was pivotal in the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team winning their maiden ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title in 2020. 

Joy represents the Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The right-handed batter has played a handful of Tests for the Bangladesh cricket team along with a few T20 matches.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy: Along the Years

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Records

• Leading run-scorer for Bangladesh Under-19s at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020

• First Bangladeshi batter to score a century against South Africa in Tests

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Career

Mahmudul Hasan Joy started his career promisingly but has yet to unleash his full potential. Along with his batting skillset, Joy has a few wickets to his name across formats. 

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Domestic Career

Mahmudul Hasan Joy started his professional career in 2019. On March 8, 2019, he made his domestic debut for Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protistan against Abahani Limited in the first match of the Dhaka Premier League Division Cricket League during the 2018-19 season in Mirpur. On his List-A debut, he was dismissed by Mohammad Saifuddin for 4 off 6 balls.

In the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020, Joy made his T20 debut for Gazi Group Chattogram against Beximco Dhaka on December 6, 2020, in Mirpur. He scored 26 runs off 24 balls, which included 3 boundaries and a six. Joy made his first-class (FC) debut on February 26, 2021, for the Bangladesh Emerging Team against Ireland in the only unofficial Test held in Chattogram in Ireland’s tour of Bangladesh. He scored 42 runs off 77 balls in the first innings.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy International Career

Mahmudul Hasan Joy received his maiden international cap to represent Bangladesh in a Test against Pakistan on December 4, 2021. The 23-year-old has yet to cement his spot on the regular squad of the Bangladesh cricket team. 

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Test Career

Mahmudul Hasan Joy made his Test debut for Bangladesh against Pakistan in the second Test of Pakistan’s tour of Bangladesh in Mirpur on December 4, 2021. He opened the innings with Shadman Islam and had a forgettable maiden international outing, as he was dismissed for a duck by Sajid Khan in the first innings and was dismissed for 6 runs by Hasan Ali in the second.

Joy scored his maiden Test century against South Africa in the first Test in Durban on March 31, 2022. He was the last man standing for Bangladesh and scored a defying knock of 137. In the process, the youngster also became the first Bangladeshi to score a Test century against South Africa. 

Mahmudul Hasan Joy T20I Career

In the Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition held in 2022 in China, Mahmudul Hasan Joy made his T20I debut for Bangladesh against Malaysia in Hangzhou on October 4, 2023. Similar to his Test debut, Joy had a bitter start to his T20I career. Joy was dismissed for a diamond duck but Bangladesh managed to win a thriller by a margin of 2 runs against the Malaysians. 

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Captaincy

Mahmudul Hasan Joy was appointed the skipper of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) - High-Performance XI  four-day squad for the tour of Northern Territory, Australia in July 2024.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy Under-19 Career

Mahmudul Hasan Joy was the backbone of the Bangladesh Under-19s in scripting history at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 held in South Africa. He was the leading run-scorer for the Bangladesh U-19s and was instrumental in the Tigers being crowned the U-19 CWC champions for the first time. He scored 184 runs in 6 innings at an average of 46.00 and a strike rate of 80.00. Joy registered a century against New Zealand Under-19s in the semifinal of the tournament.