Mominul Haque

Mominul Haque is a former Test skipper of the Bangladeshi Test cricket team. He has represented the Bangladesh cricket team across all formats but has found his groove in Test cricket. Born on September 29, 1991, in Cox’s Bazar, Haque plays as a left-handed batter in the middle order and can bowl slow left-arm orthodox. 

Mominul Haque: Along the Years

Mominul Haque Records

• Scored the highest maiden Test century by a Bangladeshi batter (181)

• Fastest Bangladeshi to score 1,000 runs in Tests (21 innings)

• First Bangladeshi batter to score twin centuries in a Test match

• Second Bangladeshi batter to score a Test century in India

• Most Test centuries for Bangladesh in Tests (13)

Mominul Haque Career

Mominul Haque made his domestic debut for Dhaka Division against Chittagong Division on October 10, 2008, in the National Cricket League tournament in Fatullah. He holds the record for the most centuries scored by a Bangladeshi batter in Tests.

Mominul Haque Domestic Career

Mominul Haque made his List-A debut for Dhaka Division against Barishal on January 7, 2009, in the National Cricket League One-Day tournament in Savar. He made his T20 debut for the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI against the West Indians on October 9, 2011, in Fatullah. In the Bangladesh Premier League, Haque played for the Rangpur Riders in the 2023-24 season.

Mominul Haque International Career

Mominul Haque made his international debut for Bangladesh against West Indies in 2012.

Mominul Haque ODI Career

Mominul Haque made his ODI debut against West Indies in Khulna on November 30, 2012. He has scored three half-centuries in the format and last played on September 26, 2018, against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

Mominul Haque Test Career

Mominul Haque made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on March 8, 2013, in Galle. He scored a half-century in the first innings. Haque scored his maiden Test century against New Zealand on October 9, 2013, in Chattogram. He scored 181 runs in the second innings and it was the highest maiden Test century scored by a Bangladeshi batter.

In 2014, Haque became the fastest to score 1,000 runs in Test cricket by a Bangladeshi batter. He became the first Bangladeshi batter to score a century in each of the innings in a Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram on January 31, 2018. In the recently-concluded Bangladesh’s tour of India in September 2024, the former Bangladesh skipper became only the second batter from Bangladesh to score a Test century in India, after Mushfiqur Rahim. 

With the ball, Haque has taken 10 wickets to his name, as of November 2024.

Mominul Haque T20I Career

Mominul Haque made his T20I debut for Bangladesh against West Indies on December 10, 2012, in Mirpur. He played 6 matches and scored 60 runs. Haque last played a T20I against Australia in the ICC World T20 when Bangladesh hosted the tournament in 2014.

Mominul Haque Under-19 Career

Mominul Haque played in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 for the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team. He scored 199 runs in 6 innings at an average of 33.16 and a strike rate of 73.97, with a best of 81.

Mominul Haque Captaincy

After a two-year ban imposed on Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque was appointed as the skipper of the Bangladesh Test team for Bangladesh’s tour of India 2019. After losing form with the bat and failing to lead the team to victories, Haque resigned from Test captaincy after a home series defeat to Sri Lanka in May 2022.