12 Facts About Rubel Hossain

1.

Mohammad Rubel Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer.

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Rubel Hossain made his international debut for Bangladesh in January 2009 aged 19.

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Rubel Hossain has the highest bowling average of any pace bowler to have bowled at least 2,000 deliveries in Test cricket.

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Rubel Hossain is a quick bowler with a slingy action similar to Lasith Malinga's.

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An auction was held for teams to buy players, and Rubel Hossain was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $70,000.

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Rubel Hossain was named in the One Day International squad for the tri-series with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and made his debut in the third game of the round-robin stage, a game Bangladesh needed to win to progress to the final.

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Rubel Hossain cleaned up the middle-order and tail-enders with a 4-wicket haul in 5.3 overs.

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Rubel Hossain played in the tri-series final, where he had a poor end to the game, but retained his place for the three ODI series against Zimbabwe soon after.

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Rubel Hossain made his debut at Arnos Vale, and took three wickets in West Indies' 1st innings, and formed a good 10th wicket partnership with Shahadat Hossain in Bangladesh's first innings.

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Rubel Hossain has featured in two Twenty20 matches, both coming in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

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Rubel Hossain was in custody for three days, later the court granted him bail to participate for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

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On Bangladesh's victory over England, in which Rubel Hossain played a starring role, Nazneen withdrew the charges.