Taijul Islam completes 500 wickets in First-Class cricket: Key stats
What's the story
Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam has attained a massive milestone in First-Class cricket. The 33-year-old left-arm spinner has got to 500 wickets in the longest format of the game. He reached the milestone with his 1st wicket in the 3rd innings of the 1st Test against Ireland on Thursday. Notably, he required 3 wickets in this match to reach the milestone. Here's more.
Bowling
Three wickets for Taijul in the contest so far
Bangladesh bowled Ireland out for 286 in the 1st innings. Taijul picked 2 scalps. He bowled 22 overs and claimed 2/78, recording 6 maiden overs. He dismissed Jordan Neill and Matthew Humphreys. In the 3rd innings, he got the wicket of Harry Tector to reach the landmark. Ireland are 86/5 at stumps on Day 3 after Bangladesh scored 587/8d.
Stats
240 of his FC scalps have come in Test cricket
As per ESPNcricinfo, playing his 114th match in First-Class cricket, Taijul has touched 500 wickets. He averages around 29 with 29 four-fers and 36 five-wicket hauls under his belt. Taijul also owns 7 match hauls of 10 wickets. As many as 240 of his FC scalps have come for Bangladesh from 56 Tests (100 innings). He averages around 31.
Twitter Post
Milestone alert!
Milestone Alert! 🎯 Taijul Islam reaches 500 First-Class wickets— a remarkable achievement for the left-arm spinner. 👏🇧🇩
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) November 13, 2025
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