In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. To date, 174 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match, with eight of them being taken by cricketers representing Bangladesh.

They have taken a five-wicket haul on debut against four different opponents with West Indies being the most frequent opponent. Five-wicket haul were taken five times against the West Indies side. The other three times this incident occurred against three different sides; one each against England, India and Zimbabwe. Of the eight occasions the Bangladesh won the match only twice and drew once. The other five were lost. Both the wins and the only draw came against the West Indian cricket team.

The players have taken five-wicket hauls at five different venues. Five of them came in Bangladesh and the other three came in overseas. The most common venue for a Bangladesh player to achieve the feat is Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, where it has occurred three times. Among the three hauls occurred overseas, two of them took place at Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown in West Indies. The other one came at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

Naimur Rahman took a five-wicket haul in the first test Bangladesh played against India in 2000, making him the first debutant for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul. He took six wickets for 132 runs in India's first innings. Along with Rahman, a total of five players have taken six wickets at debut. The other four players are Manjural Islam, Elias Sunny, Sohag Gazi and Mehidy Hasan. Three players have taken five wickets at debut. Among the players Nayeem Hasan is the youngest bowler for Bangladesh to take a five wicket haul for Bangladesh.

Sohag Gazi holds the best figure in an innings by a debutant Bangladeshi bowler with his 6 wickets for 74 runs against West Indies. Gazi also holds the record for best bowling figure in a match with 9 wickets for 219 runs. Mehidy Hasan was the most economical debutant to take five-wicket haul, taking 6 wickets for 80 runs against England at an economy rate of 2.00 runs per over.In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. Mahmudullah Riyad has the best average. He took 5 wickets for 51 runs at an average of 10.20 runs per wicket. Nayeem Hasan accounted the best strike rate.In cricket, a bowler's strike rate is the average number of deliveries bowled for each wicket. His strike rate was 16.8 when he took 5 wickets in 14 overs against West Indies. The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was Nayeem Hasan in November 2018.

Key symbol Meaning Date Date the match was held. Starting date of the match for Test matches. Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings. Runs Runs conceded. Wkts Number of wickets taken. Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul. Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over). Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken. Result The result for the Bangladesh team in that match. ♠ The bowler was selected "Man of the match". 10 wickets or more taken in the match.

Five-wicket hauls

+ Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Bangladeshi bowlersNo.BowlerDateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Naimur Rahman Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka SS Das M Kartik SR Tendulkar SC Ganguly SS Karim AB Agarkar Lost 2 Mohammad Manjural Islam Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo DD Ebrahim SV Carlisle A Flower HH Streak AM Blignaut ML Nkala Lost 3 Mahmudullah Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent TM Dowlin FL Reifer CAK Walton RA Austin KAJ Roach Won 4 Elias Sunny ♠ Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong KC Brathwaite KA Edwards DM Bravo S Chanderpaul MN Samuels CS Baugh Drawn 5 Sohag Gazi Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka MN Samuels DJG Sammy V Permaul R Rampaul TL Best S Chanderpaul Lost 6 Taijul Islam Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown KC Brathwaite KA Edwards DM Bravo D Ramdin JE Taylor Lost 7 Mehidy Hasan Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong BM Duckett GS Ballance JE Root MM Ali JM Bairstow SCJ Broad Lost 8 Nayeem Hasan Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong SW Ambris RL Chase D Bishoo KAJ Roach JA Warrican Won

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