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Naeem Islam

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Naeem Islam
Born	(1986-12-31) 31 December 1986 (age 35) Gaibandha, Bangladesh
Nickname	Chokka Naeem
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 51)	17 October 2008 v New Zealand
Last Test	21 November 2012 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 92)	9 October 2008 v New Zealand
Last ODI	1 March 2014 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	77
T20I debut (cap 21)	5 November 2008 v South Africa
Last T20I	6 November 2013 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–2011	Rajshahi Division
2011–present	Rangpur Division
2013–present	Chittagong Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 8 59 72 121 Runs scored 416 975 4,288 3,048 Batting average 32.00 27.08 41.23 35.85 100s/50s 1/1 0/5 12/21 4/17 Top score 108 84 137 121 Balls bowled 574 1,743 3.344 2,750 Wickets 1 35 37 61 Bowling average 303.00 40.20 44.51 35.81 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/11 3/32 5/50 4/32 Catches/stumpings 2/– 19/– 46/1 53/2
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 March 2014
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Men's Cricket Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team

Mohammad Naeem Islam (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাঈম ইসলাম; born 31 December 1986) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He was born on 31 December 1986 in Gaibandha and is a right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler.

Domestic career

He made his debut for Rajshahi Division in 2004/05 and played through the 2006/07 season, after having represented the full range of Bangladesh representative youth teams and went on to make his international debut on 9 October 2008 against New Zealand. He has scored seven centuries and 17 fifties in first-class cricket as of December 2011, with a best of 136 against Barisal Division.

He was the leading run-scorer for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, with 720 runs in 16 matches. He was also the leading run-scorer for Rangpur Division in the 2018–19 National Cricket League, with 444 runs in six matches. He was also the leading run-scorer for North Zone in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 522 runs in six matches.

International career

Following the exodus of 14 players to the Dhaka Warriors team of the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League, Bangladesh were forced to introduce new players. Naeem Islam was one of three uncapped players called into the Bangladesh squad for a series of three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against New Zealand in October 2008, shortly after the exodus. Chief selector Rafiqul Alam called Islam a "talented young batsman". He played in all three matches in the series, although his first innings was not until the second match when he was run out without facing a ball. Naeem top scored in the final match with an unbeaten 46 in Chittagong, although that was unable to prevent his side slumping to a 79-run loss.

That was followed by his inclusion in the Test squad to face New Zealand in Chittagong, where he made his Test debut, scoring 14 in the first innings and 19 in the second. On a turning track, he picked up his maiden Test wicket when he dismissed Daniel Flynn caught behind in New Zealand's first innings.

Naeem was part of the 13-man Bangladesh squad that played in the 2010 Asian Games in late November. They played Afghanistan in the final and won by five wickets, securing the country's first gold medal at the Asian Games. The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. An auction was held for teams to buy players, and Naeem was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $90,000.