Nafees

Nafees first played in the national team in
Bangladesh's maiden tour of England (2005).
Nafees scored his maiden first-class century , as
well as his first in Tests , at Fatullah in April
2006 against Australia . He scored his maiden
one-day hundred against Zimbabwe in August
2006.Nafees was the first Bangladeshi batsman
to score a century in Champions Trophy
history [1] and he held the record for the highest
individual score for Bangladesh in Champions
Trophy until Tamim Iqbal surpassed his
milestone [2]
Nafees was appointed vice-captain for the
Champions Trophy in India in October 2006 with
the view of grooming a successor for Habibul
Bashar . The tournament was a successful one
for him as he scored his second ODI century,
again Zimbabwe were his opponents. He scored
his third century against Zimbabwe again in
November. Nafees finished 2006 with over 1,000
ODI runs, becoming the first Bangladeshi to pass
the milestone in a calendar year. [3]
Once again available to play for Bangladesh,
Nafees returned to the squad for the first time
since joining the ICL in preparation for
Bangladesh's home series against India in
January . [4] Bangladesh lost both Tests, [5] and
Nafees played in one, scoring 25 runs. [6] His
Test come-back lasted one match and Nafees
would have to wait more than 18 months before
playing another Test. [7] He made his return in an
ODI series against New Zealand in October 2010
in which he scored 35 as Bangladesh won that
match and 73 in the next match as Bangladesh
once again took a seven-wicket victory. Despite
his good performance Nafees was originally
selected on the grounds that Tamim Iqbal was
injured and eventually made way for him in the
series against Zimbabwe and he was placed on
standby in case of an injury. [8] In the first two
years after his return from the ICL Nafees played
just four ODIs. [9]
Included in Bangladesh's squad for the 2011
World Cup, [9] Nafees played in two matches
(scoring 42 runs) as the team exited the
tournament in the group stage. [10] He was
retained in the squad to face Australia in three
ODIs immediately after the World Cup finished in
April, [11] and struck two half-centuries that
cemented his place in the side. [12] Nafees was
recalled to the squad to face Zimbabwe in
August. [13] In the one-off Test, his first since
January 2010, [7] he made scores of 50 and 9 as
Bangladesh unexpectedly slid to defeat. [14][15]
After scoring 82 runs including a half-century in
the first Test against the West Indies in
October, [16] Nafees endured a run of low scores
across Tests and ODIs that jeopardised his place
in the team. He responded by striking an innings
of 97 against Pakistan in the second match of a
two-Test series. The 180-run partnership was a
landmark in several ways: it was record for
Bangladesh's fifth wicket, the first time the team
had batted through a whole session without
losing a wicket since March 2010, [12] and the
team's first century partnership in Tests since
June 2010. [17]
Captaincy
He was the first T20I captain for Bangladesh [18]
and also he's the youngest T20I captain for
Bangladesh at the age of 21 years and 211 days
and he's 2nd only youngest to lead his team in
T20I after Rodney Trott[19]