Imrul Kayes

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Imrul Kayes
File:Imrul Kayes (1) (cropped).jpg
Imrul Kayes in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Imrul Kayes
Born (1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 39)
Meherpur, Khulna, Bangladesh
NicknameSagar, ইম্রুল ব্রো
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleOpening batsman, occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 53)19 November 2008 v South Africa
Last Test22 November 2019 v India
ODI debut (cap 93)14 October 2008 v New Zealand
Last ODI11 December 2018 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.45
T20I debut (cap 26)1 May 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I29 October 2017 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2024Khulna Division
2012Sylhet Royals
2013Rangpur Riders
2015–2019Comilla Victorians
2019/20Chattogram Challengers
2022–2024Comilla Victorians
2025Khulna Tigers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 39 78 138 242
Runs scored 1,797 2,434 7,947 7,952
Batting average 24.28 32.02 33.53 34.72
100s/50s 3/4 4/16 20/27 14/51
Top score 150 144 204 144
Balls bowled 24 0 367 137
Wickets 0 – 6 2
Bowling average – – 43.33 63.50
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling – – 1/0 2/18
Catches/stumpings 35/0 21/0 125/0 92/2
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
ACC Asia Cup
Runner-up 2012 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2016 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2018 UAE
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 June 2025

Imrul Kayes (Bengali: ইমরুল কায়েস; born 2 February 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer and former captain of Comilla Victorians who played for Khulna Division as a left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper.

International career

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Kayes made his first-class debut in 2006, playing 15 first-class matches and 16 One Day matches before being called up for the third One Day International between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Chittagong. Batting at number three, he made just 12 runs as Bangladesh lost by 79 runs.[1]

He made his Test debut in November 2008, playing the first match of a series in South Africa.[2] He opened the batting on debut, but made just 10 and 4 in his two innings, being dismissed twice on the second afternoon of the match.

He found form in 2010, scoring 867 runs and becoming the 5th highest runs scorer of the year in ODIs[3] at an average of 32.11. He scored his maiden ODI century[4] against New Zealand. When the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its list of central contracts in November 2010, Imrul Kayes was given a grade B contract.[5]

In 2017, in the second test against New Zealand after Mushfiqur Rahim got a head injury in the first Test, Imrul Kayes served as a substitute wicket-keeper and had 5 dismissals in an innings, the highest haul for any substitute wicketkeeper in an innings of a Test, also making him the first substitute wicket-keeper to take 5 Test catches.[6]

On 21 October 2018, Imrul Kayes scored a career best 144(140) against Zimbabwe in the first ODI, tying it with second most by a Bangladeshi batsman in an ODI along with Mushfiqur Rahim. After the concluding third ODI, Imrul Kayes had scored 349 runs in the series with scores of 144, 90, and 115, respectively, which would help Bangladesh whitewash Zimbabwe in the series. He accomplished the feat of making the second most runs in a bilateral three match ODI series, just 11 runs shy from current record holder Babar Azam.

In May 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's ODI preliminary squad for their home series against Sri Lanka, since he last played an ODI against the Windies in 2018.[7][8]

2011 World Cup

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Bangladesh failed to progress beyond the group stage of the 2011 World Cup; Imrul Kayes was Bangladesh's leading run-scorer in the tournament with 188 runs at an average of 37.60.[9] During the tournament, he produced two Man-of-the-Match performances, striking fifties against England and the Netherlands to help Bangladesh to victory on each occasion, though he felt bowler Shafiul Islam deserved the first award instead. With Manjural Islam Rana he became just the second Bangladesh player to win consecutive Man-of-the-Match awards in ODIs.[10]

Domestic career

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The BCB founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year.[11] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[12] and Imrul Kayes was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $50,000.[13] He scored 102 runs from 7 innings in the competition.[14] In April the BCB upgraded Imrul Kayes' central contract from grade B to grade A.[15]

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[16] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[17]

Retirement

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Imrul announced his retirement from Test and first-class cricket in November 2024.[18]

International centuries

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Test centuries by Imrul Kayes[19]
No. Runs Against Venue H/A Date Result Ref
1 115 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Home 4 February 2014 Drawn [20]
2 130 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Home 12 November 2014 Won [21]
3 150 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna Home 28 April 2015 Drawn [22]
ODI centuries by Imrul Kayes[23]
No. Runs Against Venue H/A Date Result Ref
1 101 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 11 February 2010 Lost [24]
2 112 File:Flag of England.svg England Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Home 7 October 2016 Lost [25]
3 144 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Home 21 October 2018 Won [26]
4 115 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Home 26 October 2018 Won [27]

References

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  1. ^ Bangladesh v New Zealand in 2008/9 Archived 17 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Cricket World, 14 October 2008
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