About Abdur Razzak (cricketer)
Khan Abdur Razzak (Bengali: খান আব্দুর রাজ্জাক; born 15 June 1982) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played for the national team in all formats of the game. Abdur Razzak is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the first left-arm spinner and second spinner after Saqlain Mushtaq to take a hat-trick. In 2025 he was elected as a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board. He made his first-class debut at Bangladeshi domestic level for Khulna Division in the 2001/02 season. Best known for being a tall left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he helped guide his division to the National Cricket title in his maiden season. From there he was selected for Bangladesh A (training team for the full national squad) performing well against Zimbabwe A, including claiming 7 wickets for 17 runs in one game in Dhaka. He played just nine Tests. He was more successful in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and was Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in the format in 2013, when he reached the 200 wickets milestone. In January 2018, he became the first Bangladesh player to take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. After an absence of four years, he made a comeback to the Test squad on 8 February 2018 against Sri Lanka, taking 4-63 opening the bowling, but Bangladesh lost the match by 215 runs. In November 2019, he took his 600th first-class wicket, becoming the first Bangladeshi bowler to reach the milestone. In February 2021, Abdur Razzak announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
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