Alok Kapali

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playername = Alok Kapali


country = Bangladesh
fullname = Alok Kapali
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dayofbirth = 1
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yearofbirth = 1984
placeofbirth = Sylhet, Chittagong
countryofbirth = Bangladesh
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batting = Right-hand bat
bowling = Leg break
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testdebutdate = 28 July
testdebutyear = 2002
testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
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lasttestdate = 28 February
lasttestyear = 2006
lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
odidebutdate = 4 August
odidebutyear = 2002
odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
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lastodidate = 6 September
lastodiyear = 2008
lastodiagainst = Australia
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year1 = 2000–present
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column1 = Test
matches1 = 17
runs1 = 584
bat avg1 = 17.69
100s/50s1 = 0/2
top score1 = 85
deliveries1 = 1,103
wickets1 = 6
bowl avg1 = 118.16
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 3/3
catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
column2 = ODI
matches2 = 65
runs2 = 1,170
bat avg2 = 19.83
100s/50s2 = 1/5
top score2 = 115
deliveries2 = 1,368
wickets2 = 24
bowl avg2 = 49.75
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 3/49
catches/stumpings2 = 25/–
column3 = FC
matches3 = 78
runs3 = 3,653
bat avg3 = 27.26
100s/50s3 = 8/12
top score3 = 173
deliveries3 = 8,211
wickets3 = 128
bowl avg3 = 29.98
fivefor3 = 5
tenfor3 = 1
best bowling3 = 7/33
catches/stumpings3 = 51/–
column4 = List A
matches4 = 122
runs4 = 2,686
bat avg4 = 25.82
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top score4 = 115
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wickets4 = 68
bowl avg4 = 35.44
fivefor4 = 0
tenfor4 = n/a
best bowling4 = 4/23
catches/stumpings4 = 55/–
date = 17 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35115/35115.html CricketArchive

Alok Kapali ( _bn. অলক কাপালী ) (born January 1, 1984 in Sylhet) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up (walk up) similar to that of Shane Warne. He is the only Bangladeshi cricket player to take a Test hat-trick.

International career

Test career

Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka at Colombo. He took 2 wickets, Michael Vandort and Upul Chandana as well as making 39 and 23 with the bat. In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included a hat-trick against Pakistan in 2003. This was spread over two overs, and when he trapped Umar Gul LBW with the first ball of his 3rd over Kapali became the first Bangladeshi bowler to achieve the milestone in Test cricket, and the youngest of all time, at the age of 19 years 240 days. He finished with figures of 3/3. His effort in quickly cleaning up the tail also allowed gave Bangladesh their maiden first innings lead in Tests.

With the bat Kapali has struggled thus far in Test cricket and made his highest score of 85 against the West Indies at Chittagong.

One Day Internationals

In One Day International cricket he has been in and out of the side, impressing more with the bat than the ball. He hit the fastest century by a Bangladeshi batsmen (86 deliveries) in a match against India during the 2008 Asia cup. [cite web| url=http://content.cricinfo.com/asiacup/content/current/story/358433.html |title=2008 Asia Cup - Bangladesh v India, Karachi, June 28, 2008 |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=2008-06-29] He also holds the Bangladeshi record 7th wicket partnership of 89 with Khaled Mashud, made against Kenya in 2006. [http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchPartnerships_ODI.asp?CountryCode=10]

Domestic career

Kapali scored 3 hundreds for Sylhet in the Bangladeshi National Cricket League of 2006-07, finishing with 744 runs.

His highest first class score is 156 against Chittagong.

References

External links

* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/56251.html Cricinfo Profile: Alok Kapali]