Shuvagata Hom

Shuvagata made his first-class debut on 20 January 2010 in a National League match for Dhaka against Barisal. Dhaka batted once in the match and coming in at number seven Shuvagata scored 52 runs from 82 balls.[2] During a warm-up match against a touring England side in March 2010, Shuvagata scored 91 runs from 30 balls for Bangladesh A from the bowling of Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry as England enticed his side to declare.[3] Shuvagata scored his maiden century in October 2010, during the opening match of the National League against Khulna Division. Shuvagata scored 105 runs from 203 balls as the match ended in a draw.[4] Dhaka were runners-up and Shuvagata played three of his team's nine matches, scoring 318 runs including two centuries.[5]

After the 2011 World Cup, Bangladesh faced Australia in a three-match ODI series. Shuvagata was drafted into the national squad for the first time.[6] He had to wait until Bangladesh's next series, five ODIs against Zimbabwe in August, before he made his debut. It was expected that Shuvagata would be introduced at the number four spot,[7] but instead on debut he batted at number six. Debuting in the third match, he scored 32 runs from 36 balls before he was run out.[8]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year.[9] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[10] and Shuvagata was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $80,000.[11] He scored 55 runs from 6 innings in the competition.[12] In April the BCB awarded Shuvagata with a rookie contract.[13]

In 2016 he was added to Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after Taskin Ahmed was suspended from bowling with an illegal action.[14]

Along with Sunzamul Islam, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League, with a total of 25 dismissals.[15]

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[16] In February 2019, playing for Shinepukur Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, he scored the fastest fifty by a Bangladeshi batsman in T20 cricket, from just 16 balls.[17] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[18]

In April 2021, he was named in the Bangladesh's squad for 2-match test series against Sri Lanka after his consistent all-round performance in first-class cricket, since he last played 5 years ago against England in test in 2016.[19] Minhajul Abedin, the chief selector of Bangladesh national team said, ''Shuvagata is coming back after a while but he has been a consistent performer in first class cricket. We have considered him as a batting all-rounder but his off-break is pretty handy and gives us an option in the spin department."[20]

In Jan 2022,Twin centuries from Shuvagata Hom helped Walton Central Zone lift the trophy of the 2021-22 Bangabandhu Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL). They beat the BCB South Zone by four wickets in a thrilling encounter in the final of the tournament at the Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. It was their first BCL title in four years.

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