Sohag Gazi is a Bangladeshi international cricketer.
14 Facts About Sohag Gazi
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Sohag Gazi made his Test debut in first test during West Indies's tour of Bangladesh in 2012, taking six wickets in the second innings.
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Sohag Gazi is the first and so far, only man to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test match and the first man to do it twice in first-class matches.
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Sohag Gazi made his One Day debut in October 2010, helping Barisal reach the National Cricket One Day League Final of that year although he failed to take a wicket in a three-wicket defeat for his side.
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Sohag Gazi played two One Day games for Bangladesh A against the England Lions in 2012.
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Sohag Gazi finished as the leading wicket-taker for Barisal Division in the tournament, with nineteen dismissals in five matches.
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Sohag Gazi is the rare specialist offspinner who grew up right by the Bay of Bengal, and has travelled the length and breadth of the country to be recognised as one of the promising slow bowlers in Bangladesh.
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Sohag Gazi's run-up is short, even by spinners' standards, but his bowling action itself is a whir, followed by a tight follow-through.
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Sohag Gazi did well in the West Indies for the A team and against other second-string sides but he faced a few dark months in 2012 when an umpire at the Shafi Darashah tournament in Bangalore reported him for a kink in his elbow while bowling the quicker delivery.
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Sohag Gazi was picked up for the Bangladesh team for the first Test against West Indies in November 2012.
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Sohag Gazi's spell of 4 for 29 against West Indies at Khulna was nominated to be one of the best ODI bowling performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.
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Sohag Gazi followed this up with a hat-trick in New Zealand's innings, dismissing Corey Anderson, BJ Watling and Doug Bracewell in consecutive deliveries to become the first person in history to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test match.
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Sohag Gazi became the second Bangladeshi to take a Test hat-trick after Alok Kapali.
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Bangladesh off-spinner Sohag Gazi has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after his action was found to violate the ICC's 15-degree limit.