Rubel Hussain retires (Photo: BCB)
Rubel Hossain retires: At present, IPL is on the rise of cricket. The stellar performance of players from all over the world has taken the excitement of IPL 2026 to its peak. Amidst the excitement of cricket, the bowler who has taken more than 500 wickets has announced his retirement. He said goodbye to his 17-year-long international career at the age of 36. We are talking about Bangladesh’s fast bowler Rubel Hossain, whose international career was 159 matches.
Rubel Hussain’s retirement, last match played 5 years ago
Rubel Hussain’s international debut was in the year 2009. Even though he announced his retirement from international cricket in April 2026, he played his last match on the international pitch in April 2021 itself as a T20I against New Zealand in Auckland. But, the injury that followed kept him away from cricket. His participation in domestic cricket also started decreasing and now he finally decided to retire from international cricket completely.
193 international wickets out of 569
Rubel Hussain has taken a total of 569 wickets in his professional career so far, of which 97 are first class wickets, 287 wickets have been taken in List A while 185 wickets have been taken in T20. In this, his number of international wickets is 193, which he has taken while playing 159 matches.
Allegation of rape was made, dropped after explosive performance in World Cup
Rubel Hossain is the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 4 wickets on his ODI debut. Bangladesh cricket fans will always remember him for his performance in the 2015 ODI World Cup, where all rape charges against him were dropped after his match-winning performance against England.
This legendary player of Bangladesh has spent 3 days in jail for rape. Only after being released from there on bail, he went to play in the 2015 ODI World Cup, where his performance won everyone’s hearts and changed their thinking.
