Saghir Hossain

Gazi Saghir Hossain is a Bangladeshi wicket-keeper batsman, who made his first-class debut in 2005 in the East Zone v Bangladesh Cricket Board XI game. He is a right-handed batsman.

Career

He represented Khulna Division and Dhaka Division in National Cricket League, and Dhaka Metropolis in [Twenty20|domestic T20 cricket] Prior to that, he was also a part of the Bangladesh national [under-19 cricket team|Bangladesh Under-19] squad.
In February 2005, he made his List A debut for Khulna Division. In June 2008, he made T20 debut for Bangladesh [A cricket team|Bangladesh A].
Hossain has over 3500 first-class runs to his name. He has also played for the Bangladesh A team and got his first breakthrough in 2009 for the tour against Bangladeshi [cricket team in the West Indies in 2009|West Indies.] He has been drafted into the side several times as a reserve wicketkeeper, a back-up for Mushfiqur Rahim but has not played an international game so far.