Born on October 20, 1986, Robiul Islam is a right arm fast medium bowler. Robiul is sometimes referred by his nickname Shiplu. Robiul had a decent FC career with 127 wickets which also included six 5-wkt hauls and a 10-wkt haul.

Robiul was selected for the tour of England in 2010 and made his debut at the Lord's Test. He bowled 23 expensive wicket-less overs and was promptly dropped from the squad. He did make a comeback of sorts during Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe in the next year and ended with match figures of 3/154.

He always remained around the Test team but didn't play much after a poor Zimbabwe series. However, things started to change as he picked up 29 wickets from 7 first class matches, which helped him return to the Test squad. He was then selected for the first Test against Zimbabwe in 2013, he played a Test after 16 months. Robiul finished the Test series with 15 wickets in two Tests. This was the most wickets taken by a Bangladeshi seamer in a Test series. However, form deserted him in the home series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka. He didn't pick up a single wicket in the two matches that he played, which prompted the selectors to drop him for the second Test against Sri Lanka in February 2014.


By Pradeep KrishnamurthyAs of April 2014