#5 Taijul Islam – Bangladesh
A left-arm orthodox spinner, Taijul was drafted into the Bangladesh A side after a superb 2013–14 domestic season. His stellar form was noticed by the selectors and he would make his Test debut for Bangladesh when they toured the West Indies in 2014.
He took a five-wicket haul in his debut Test, becoming the sixth Bangladeshi bowler to do so. Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh later in the year, and he registered career-best figures of 8/39, the best figures by a Bangladesh bowler in Tests.
His ODI debut turned out to be even more dramatic as he went on to pick up a hat-trick, the first to do so.
For the 2015 World Cup in Australia-New Zealand, Taijul was included in Bangladesh's squad but got just a lone match in which he went wicketless. He was dropped from the squad for the following ODIs against Pakistan but was named in the squad for the two-match Test series. In the first Test of that series, Taijul took a six-wicket haul in Pakistan's first innings, the second-best figures by a Bangladeshi against Pakistan, bettering Shakib Al Hasan’s feat.
He has played just 9 Test matches so far but already has an impressive 36 scalps with a match-best of 9/81. His first-class record is equally stunning with 158 victims in 36 games including 13 five-wicket hauls. He already has 3 such hauls in Test cricket and could go on to become a vital cog in Bangladesh’s squads across formats.
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