Mominul Haque Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other name	Muminul Showrav
Nickname	Showrab
Profession	Cricketer (Batsman)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 3" (161 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Cricket
International Debut	ODI- On 30 November 2012 vs West Indies at Khulna Test- On 8 March 2013 vs Sri Lanka at Galle T20- On 10 December 2012 vs West Indies at Mirpur
Jersey Number	#7 (Bangladesh)
Domestic/State Team	First-class • Dhaka Division • Chittagong Division BPL • Fortune Barishal • Sylhet Strikers • Rajshahi Royals • Durdanto Dhaka • Comilla Victorians
Coach/Mentor	Mohammad Salahuddin
Batting Style	Left hand Bat
Bowling Style	Slow Left arm Orthodox
Records (main ones)	• The first Bangladeshi batsman to score 10 centuries in Test cricket • The first Bangladesh player to score centuries in both innings of a Test match (against Sri Lanka in January 2018) • The Second Bangladeshi batsman to hit a Test century against India (September 2024) • The second Bangladesh batsman after Tamim Iqbal to hit centuries in two consecutive Test matches (against New Zealand in 2013)
Awards, Achievements	• Wisden India's one of the six Cricketers of the Year 2015 • Man of the series (Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2013)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	29 September 1991 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	33 Years
Birthplace	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Hometown	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
School	Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), Bangladesh
Religion	Islam
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Travelling, Listening Music
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Place	Mirpur
Marriage Date	19 April 2019
Family
Wife/Spouse	Fariha Basher Nazifa
Parents

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mominul Haque

• He made his First-Class debut in 2008 for Dhaka Division against Chittagong Division at Fatullah in the National Cricket League.

• Mominul’s List-A debut came for the Dhaka Division against Barisal Division at Savar in 2009.

• Mominul was part of Bangladesh’s Under-19 squad for the 2010 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand. In the same year, he was included in the National Cricket Academy.

• Mominul’s turning point in his career came during the Bangladesh A team’s tour of the West Indies series; he scored 150 runs in the very first match of the series. Later, his back-to-back centuries in the domestic circuit earned him a call from the national team.

• Mominul played for Barisal Burners (now Fortune Barishal) in the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2012.
  

  Mominul Haque playing shot while playing for Barisal Burners

• Mominul scored a half-century in his debut test innings against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2013; he scored 55 runs off 83 balls.

• Mominul’s maiden test century came against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2013. He scored 181 in the innings, the highest-ever maiden century scored by a Bangladeshi batter.

• After his brilliant performances during the Bangladesh vs New Zealand series, Mominul was rewarded with a monetary prize of Tk200,000 by the then State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar in 2013.

• Mominul was named the captain and led the Bangladesh A side in 2015.

• He is the fastest Bangladeshi batter to reach the 1000-run mark in test cricket; it took him 21 innings to reach the milestone.

• Mominul holds the record of scoring 11 half-centuries consecutively.

• Mominul was nicknamed Showrab by his teammates because his playing style was similar to Sourav Ganguly.

• In 2015, Mominul became the fifth batsman to score a half-century in at least one inning of a Test match in 11 consecutive matches.

• Mominul was appointed the captain of Bangladesh’s test team in 2019 after the ICC banned Shakib Al Hasan for two years. Mominul’s first series as the captain was a two-match tour of India in November 2019.

• In 2020,  Mominul led the Bangladesh test team to victory for the first time as the captain against Zimbabwe. He also scored his first century as a captain and equalled the record of Tamim Iqbal‘s nine Test centuries.

• In 2022, Bangladesh recorded their first victory on New Zealand’s soil and even their first win against New Zealand in test cricket under the captaincy of Mominul.
  

  Mominul Haque with a teammate celebrating after the win against New Zealand

• In 2024, Mominul made headlines after he scored a test-century against India during the Bangladesh tour of India series. He also became the second batsman from Bangladesh’s side to score a test century against India.

• As of 2024, Mominul has scored 13 test centuries, the most by any Bangladeshi player.