Full Name

SK Robiul Islam

Born

October 20, 1986, Satkhira

Age

37y 151d

Nicknames

Shiplu

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Among Bangladesh's pace bowlers in the post-2000 era, Robiul Islam has been one of the few whose steady upswing went mostly unnoticed. It wasn't just that the media or the cricket fans remained oblivious of his performances, but many people close to the cricketing fraternity in Bangladesh only started to know him after he made his Test debut at Lord's.

Born in Satkhira, a small coastal town in the southwest of Bangladesh, Robiul worked through the league system in the region after picking up the game at an early age. Once he had made it to the Dhaka leagues, he was quickly picked up by the Khulna divisional side in the National Cricket League, the first-class competition. He began well, taking a five-wicket haul in only his second game and finishing the 2005-06 season with 13 wickets. The next two seasons weren't great but in the following two seasons, Robiul took 71 wickets and was promptly picked in the senior side.

His debut Test in 2010 didn't go to plan as he went wicketless and a chink in the run-up was evident. He worked hard on both, returning to the Test side a year later in Harare where he bowled a long spell on the second day to bring Bangladesh back into the game. But he remained a Test specialist, and his best performance coming in the first Test in Harare in 2013 when he took nine wickets in the game, taking the first six Zimbabwe wickets in the second innings.

An affable character, Robiul is known around his teammates as a guy with genuine warmth and a sense of humour. His love for the sea was evident during the team's stay in one of the Sri Lankan resorts, when he went quite far into the Indian Ocean with two other team-mates, much to the concern of the team management.
Mohammad Isam

Robiul Islam Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests9171860992256/719/15539.683.2074.4020
ODIs3313311721/211/2158.505.2766.5000
T20Is116130---13.00-000
FC771351168568952246/7110/9230.783.5452.1991
List A383716321487404/74/737.175.4640.8200
T20s669113742/332/3334.259.0322.7000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests917699339.0020348.760013350
ODIs31100*-10.00000000
T20Is1-----------00
FC771114261739*8.94--00--320
List A3828814834*7.4018082.220081150
T20s61188*-1080.00001020
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Recent Matches of Robiul Islam

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Khulna DIV vs Rajshahi DIV2* & 00/5622-Oct-2018KhulnaFC
Khulna DIV vs Barisal DIV0*2/43 & 0/1413-Oct-2017RajshahiFC
Kalabagan KC vs Gazi Group1*0/3010-May-2016MirpurList A
South Z (BD) vs East Z (BD)6* & 61/62 & 0/1224-Feb-2016Cox's BazarFC
South Z (BD) vs Cent Z (BD)2*2/7219-Jan-2016RajshahiFC

Photos of Robiul Islam

Robiul Islam celebrates snaring one with a team-mate
Robiul Islam appeals
Robiul Islam and Sohag Gazi bump fists during their 105-run partnership
Robiul Islam bowled with heart on often unresponsive surfaces
Robiul Islam is congratulated on taking a wicket
Robiul Islam celebrates a wicket with team mates