Mehrab Hossain Junior
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Mehrab Hossain (born July 8, 1987) is a Bangladesh
i cricket
er who came through successfully through the age groups of the country. He was a member of the U-19 Bangladesh National Cricket Team
of the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
and was called in the national team for the first time at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy
. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left arm bowler. He represented Bangladesh in 12 U19 ODI matches, taking 16 wickets and scoring 213 runs. In May 2007 he was picked for the Bangladesh Test squad for the first time, for India's tour of the country.
He shares his name with another Bangladesh international Mehrab Hossain
and for this reason 'Junior' was added to his name.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
i cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who came through successfully through the age groups of the country. He was a member of the U-19 Bangladesh National Cricket Team
Bangladeshi U-19 cricket team
The Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 ODI matches since 1997 including competing in the last five World Cups. They have also played eight youth Tests since 2004...
of the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from February 5 to February 19, 2006.The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.- Participating Nations :Sixteen...
and was called in the national team for the first time at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy
2006 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy...
. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left arm bowler. He represented Bangladesh in 12 U19 ODI matches, taking 16 wickets and scoring 213 runs. In May 2007 he was picked for the Bangladesh Test squad for the first time, for India's tour of the country.
He shares his name with another Bangladesh international Mehrab Hossain
Mehrab Hossain
Mehrab Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 18 ODIs from 1998 to 2003.Mehrab is associated with an extremely unfortunate incident. On 20 February 1998, Raman Lamba, formerly a Delhi swashbuckling opening batsman, fielding close to the bat, copped one on the skull off the...
and for this reason 'Junior' was added to his name.