The players the district gave the game.

The first Bangladeshi to take a Test hat-trick. At Peshawar in 2003 he finished Pakistan’s innings with 3 for 3, aged 19 years and 240 days — then the youngest hat-trick in Test cricket.

• Born 1 January 1984 in Sylhet. Right-hand batter, leg-spin.
• Test debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 28 July 2002.
• 17 Tests and 69 ODIs for Bangladesh between 2002 and 2011.
• Long career with Sylhet Division, from 2000–01 through 2020–21.

Source: ESPNcricinfo and Wikipedia

A Sylheti middle-order batter who played Tests and ODIs for Bangladesh, and went to the 2006 Champions Trophy and the 2007 World Cup. He was regarded as one of the finest fielders of his generation.

• Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam, born 20 November 1983.
• Right-hand batter who also bowled off-spin.
• Played for Sylhet Division across the first-class era.
• Retired from first-class cricket in November 2018.

Source: Wikipedia

Man of the match in Bangladesh’s first Test victory. Against Zimbabwe at Chattogram in 2005 his 6 for 45 decided the game. The Daily Star names him among the Sylhet cricketers who represented the country.

• Left-arm orthodox spinner.
• Bangladesh won that Test by 226 runs, then drew the second Test and took the series.
• Later president of the Sylhet Cricketers Association.

Source: Bangladesh Cricket Board, The Daily Star

A left-hand opener from Sylhet City. On 14 December 2022, in his first Test, he scored 100 against India — the fourth Bangladesh batter to make a century on Test debut.

• Born 1 February 1998 in Sylhet City.
• The hundred came from 219 balls, finished with a sweep off Axar Patel.
• Plays first-class cricket for Sylhet Division.
• T20I debut for Bangladesh in February 2018.

Source: ICC and Wikipedia

Born in Jalalabad, Sylhet. In 2015 he was man of the tournament for Green Sylhet Cricket Academy at the Zakir Qureshi Memorial T20, with 13 wickets and 58 runs. He later played ODIs and T20Is for Bangladesh.

• Born 5 December 1994 in Jalalabad, Sylhet.
• Left-hand batter, left-arm orthodox spin.
• T20I debut against New Zealand on 28 March 2021.
• ODI debut against West Indies on 10 July 2022.
• Plays domestic cricket for Sylhet Division.

Source: Sylhet Today and Wikipedia

A right-arm seam bowler from Sylhet who broke into the Test side in 2018 and was named in Bangladesh’s 2019 World Cup squad before he had played an ODI.

• Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi, born 2 August 1993 in Sylhet.
• Test debut against Pakistan on 4 July 2018.
• ODI debut against West Indies in May 2019.
• Best ODI bowling: 5 for 58.

Source: Wikipedia

ESPNcricinfo records that Khaled was a tape-tennis specialist when a friend took him to Rana Mia’s cricket academy in Sylhet. Within a couple of years he was making his first-class debut for Sylhet Division.

• Syed Khaled Ahmed, born 20 September 1992 in Sylhet.
• Right-hand batter, right-arm medium pace.
• Part of the Sylhet fast-bowling group that also included Ebadot Hossain.
• The same coach, Rana Miah, is named in public reports as coach of Green Sylhet.

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Born in Barlekha, Moulvibazar — Sylhet Division, not the city itself — and nicknamed the Sylhet Rocket. A right-arm fast bowler who reached the Test side in 2019.

• Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, born 7 January 1994.
• Test debut against New Zealand on 28 February 2019.
• Best Test bowling: 6 for 46.
• Also played ODIs and T20Is for Bangladesh.

Source: Wikipedia and The Daily Star

A Sylheti seam bowler from the years just after Bangladesh became a Test nation. The Daily Star places him with Kapali, Rajin Saleh, and Enamul Haque Jr. among the district’s international cricketers.

• Represented Bangladesh in Test and limited-overs cricket.
• Part of the generation that took Sylhet from club cricket into the national side.

Source: The Daily Star

Named by The Daily Star among the Sylhet cricketers who represented Bangladesh with distinction in the first decade of Test status.

• A seam bowler from the same Sylhet group as Tapash Baisya and Hasibul Hossain.
• Played international cricket for Bangladesh.

Source: The Daily Star

Hasibul Hossain Shanto stands in The Daily Star’s line of Sylheti cricketers who carried the district into the national team, alongside the pre-Test pioneers and the later Test seamers.

• An early Bangladesh quick from Sylhet.
• Remembered locally as part of the bridge between club cricket and the Test side.

Source: The Daily Star