Alok Kapali

Alok Kapali

Personal information
Full name	Alok Kapali
Born	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 Sylhet, Bangladesh
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Leg break
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 26)	28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	28 February 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 56)	4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	6 December 2011 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–present	Sylhet Division
2012	Sylhet Royals
2013–present	Barisal Burners
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 17 69 102 150 Runs scored 584 1,235 5,075 3,213 Batting average 17.69 19.60 29.67 25.70 100s/50s 0/2 1/5 10/21 4/13 Top score 85 115 173 115 Balls bowled 1,103 1,452 9,965 3,511 Wickets 6 24 151 81 Bowling average 118.16 52.29 32.14 34.59 5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 3/3 3/49 7/33 4/23 Catches/stumpings 5/– 29/– 75/– 67/–
Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/player/56251.html, 14 November 2013

Alok Kapali (Bengali: অলোক কাপালী) (born 1 January 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin. He was the first Bangladeshi to take a Test hat-trick. Alok Kapal is the first Hindu to play for Bangladesh

Early life and background

Alok Kapali is the youngest of six brothers and four sisters in his family. His father worked at a Hindu temple in his hometown, Sylhet.

International career

Test career

Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka at Colombo. He took 2 wickets, Michael Vandort and Upul Chandana as well as making 39 and 23 with the bat. In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included a hat-trick against Pakistan in 2003. This was spread over two overs, and when he trapped Umar Gul LBW with the first ball of his 3rd over Kapali became the first Bangladeshi bowler to achieve the milestone in Test cricket, and the youngest of all time, at the age of 19 years 240 days. He finished with figures of 3/3. His effort in quickly cleaning up the tail also allowed gave Bangladesh their maiden first innings lead in Tests.

With the bat Kapali has struggled thus far in Test cricket and made his highest score of 85 against the West Indies at Chittagong.

Kapali has the unfortunate distinction of playing for the losing side in all 17 of his Test matches for Bangladesh.

One Day Internationals

In One Day International cricket he has been in and out of the side, impressing more with the bat than the ball. He hit the fastest century by a Bangladeshi batsmen (86 deliveries) in a match against India during the 2008 Asia cup., a record bettered by Shakib Al Hasan two years later. He also holds the Bangladeshi record 7th wicket partnership of 89 with Khaled Mashud, made against Kenya in 2006.[1]

Domestic career

Kapali scored 3 hundreds for Sylhet in the Bangladeshi National Cricket League of 2006-07, finishing with 744 runs.

His highest first class score is 156 against Chittagong.

ICL career

In 2008, Kapali was banned for 10-years for playing international cricket because he joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and played for the Dhaka Warriors in the Indian Cricket League. He scored the first century in the two seasons of ICL, 100 in 60 balls, against Hyderabad Heroes. He finished as the second highest scorer of the league stage with 324 runs in 8 matches at an average of 54. However Kapali announced he quit the ICL in June 2009 and was available for national selection by 31 December 2009

Present

The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. The BCB made Alok Kapali the 'icon player' for Sylhet Royals. He scored 124 runs from 9 matches.

External links

• Cricinfo Profile: Alok Kapali