Nasir Hossain

Nasir Hossain (Bengali: নাসির হোসেন; born 30 November 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He represents Rangpur Division at the domestic level. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in August 2011.

Hossain was a part of the 13-man Bangladesh squad that won the cricket tournament tournament at the 2010 Asian Games in late November. The team played Afghanistan in the final and won by five wickets, gaining the country's first gold medal at the Asian Games.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) launched the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament held in February that year. Hossain was bought by the Khulna Royal Bengal for $200,000, the highest price paid for a Bangladeshi player in the auction.

In October 2018, Hossain was named in the squad of the Sylhet Sixers, following the draft for the 2018-19 season.

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers in the 2019-20 season.

In December 2017, Hossain scored 295 in the second innings batting for Rangpur Division against Barisal Division in the 2017–18 National Cricket League.

In December 2020, Hossain was picked by Pune Devils for the 2021 T10 League. He was appointed as captain for the team In his debut match, he got the figure of 3/18 in 2 overs and also won the match by 7 wickets.

He made his ODI debut on 14 August 2011 against Zimbabwe at the age of 19. Coming in with Bangladesh's score at 58 for 6, the 19-year-old Hossain top-scored with 63 of 92, lifting the score to 188 which wasn't enough since Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets. In the final game of the five-match series, he accidentally injured Zimbabwe fast bowler Keegan Meth when he drove a delivery straight back to the bowler who was unable to get out of the way, being struck in the mouth and knocking out three teeth.