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Who Is Towhid Hridoy? Bangladesh Star Who Defied Indian Bowlers In Champions Trophy

Aakash Saini

Towhid Hridoy celebrating his runs against India [Source: @ICC/x]Towhid Hridoy celebrating his runs against India [Source: @ICC/x]

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Towhid Hridoy defied Indian bowlers to lead Bangladesh’s recovery in the opening match of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Stadium. The middle-order batter scored 100 runs from 118 balls with six boundaries and two sixes to lift Bangladesh from a precarious 35-5 to a respectable 228 all out.

Following Hridoy’s remarkable defiance with the bat, here is a look at his past achievements as well as a detailed look into his playing career.

Who is Towhid Hridoy?

Towhid Hridoy made his ODI and T20I debuts within the space of just two weeks back in March 2023 during Bangladesh’s home fixtures against Ireland and England respectively. Aged 22 at the time, the cricketer scored 92 runs on his ODI debut from just 85 balls, doing so in a match-winning cause for his team.

In the lead-up to his international debut, Towhid Hridoy played various domestic matches for Rajshahi and Shinepukur, and also represented teams like Sylhet Sixers, Fortune Barishal, and Comilla Victorians in BPL as well as Jaffna Kings and Dambulla Sixers in Sri Lanka-based Lanka Premier League.

A blistering top-order as well as a middle-order batter, Hridoy tends to score his runs quickly to get the scoreboard moving.

Towhid Hridoy stats

To date, Towhid Hridoy has played 32 T20Is and 34 ODI matches for Bangladesh. Yet to make his Test debut, the 24-year-old cricketer has composed 684 runs from 29 T20I innings at an average of 28.50 and with a strike rate of 129.05.

In ODIs, Hridoy as tallied 977 runs in 30 innings with one century and seven additional scores of fifty or more.