Taijul Islam

Bowler, Bangladesh, 61 Tests, 2014-2026. Debut v West Indies, 2014

30.65Bowling average, 266 wickets at 3.07 an over. The difficulty model rates batting; his bowling is shown as recorded.

His T20 ratings

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2014	25	678	27.12	2.98
2015	11	544	49.45	3.68
2016	7	160	22.86	2.29
2017	11	604	54.91	3.76
2018	43	988	22.98	2.97
2019	3	299	99.67	4.04
2020	8	307	38.38	3.30
2021	30	915	30.50	2.65
2022	22	823	37.41	2.72
2023	24	454	18.92	2.67
2024	25	888	35.52	3.44
2025	33	877	26.58	3.02
2026	24	615	25.63	3.35
Career	266	8152	30.65	3.07

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Volume

Wickets

266

5 wkts

Quality

Average

30.65

Strike rate

59.9

Economy

3.07

Conditions

Away average

40.69

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

10.4

Value / inns

4.9

Volume

Runs

950

Average

10.44

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

39.1

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

8.53

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
West Indies	19	225	14.06
Sri Lanka	17	191	11.24
Zimbabwe	14	135	11.25
Pakistan	13	124	9.54
South Africa	9	82	9.11
India	12	64	6.40
Australia	7	56	9.33
New Zealand	6	36	9.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Zimbabwe	59	21.53	8/39	6
West Indies	43	28.09	6/33	3
Sri Lanka	39	42.00	5/72	2
Pakistan	35	30.57	7/116	3
South Africa	23	33.52	6/135	3
Ireland	22	22.27	5/58	1
New Zealand	17	23.82	6/75	1
India	13	65.54	4/74	0

Home & away

Home

11.46bat avg

27.52bowl avg

Away

8.53bat avg

40.69bowl avg

Neutral

18bat avg

17bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	32	356	13.19
2nd	27	351	15.26
3rd	29	135	4.82
4th	15	108	8.31

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v West Indies1 & 82/130Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2026-10-28 v Australia11 & 71/17Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay2026-08-22 v Australia171/75Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin2026-08-13 v Zimbabwe9 & 87/138Harare Sports Club2026-06-28 v Pakistan16 & 229/187Sylhet International Cricket Stadium2026-05-16 v Pakistan17 & 34/68Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2026-05-08 v Ireland48/180Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2025-11-19 v Ireland—5/162Sylhet International Cricket Stadium2025-11-11 v Sri Lanka33 & 65/131Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2025-06-25 v Sri Lanka64/179Galle International Stadium2025-06-17

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 103
Not outs: 12
Runs: 950
Average: 10.44
Strike rate: 39.1
Highest: 47
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 11

Wickets: 266
Average: 30.65
Economy: 3.07
Strike rate: 59.9
Best: 8/39
5 wickets: 19
10 wkt match: 2
Balls: 15939