Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Tanzim Hasan Sakib (born 20 October 2002) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sylhet Division in domestic cricket.

Early life
Tanzim Hasan Sakib was born on October 20, 2002, in Tilakchanpur village of Sadar Union in Balaganj Upazila of Sylhet. His father's name is Gauch Ali and his mother's name is Selina Begum. He got a talent pool scholarship in the PEC exam from Adityapur Government Primary School, Balaganj. After that he got admission in Balaganj Government DN Model High School. He is currently studying in Islamic History and Culture Departemt from University of Dhaka.

Career
Tanzim Hasan Shakib, while studying in class VIII, passed the selection at Moulvibazar District Stadium to form the under-13 national team and after completing a three-month bowling course at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, he was admitted to BKSP. While training at BKSP, he played for the Bangladesh national under-17 cricket team in India in 2016 and the under-19 team in England and Sri Lanka in 2019. He qualified in A cricket on 27 March 2019 for the Sports Education Institute cricket team in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2018-19 tournament.

He made his List A debut for Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 27 March 2019. In December 2019, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut on 29 March 2021, for Sylhet Division in the 2020–21 National Cricket League. He made his Twenty20 debut on 5 June 2021, for Abahani Limited in the 2021 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League.

In December 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He was then named as a replacement in Bangladesh's team for 2023 Asia Cup. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 15 September 2023 against India in 2023 Asia Cup.

In November 2023, he was selected in Bangladesh's squad for their tour to New Zealand. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Bangladesh on 27 December 2023, against New Zealand.

In May 2024, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

Controversy
In September 2023, Tanzim was widely criticized for a number of Facebook posts which were deemed to be misogynistic by various media outlets, the most viral of the posts was discouraging women to do jobs. The people of the country were divided into two sides with his opinion. A large number of people claim that according to the country's constitution, everyone has the right to freedom of expression. However, he apologised for his comment to the Bangladesh Cricket Board and said that he did not intend to hurt anyone and apologised to those who were hurt. He denied the claim that he is a misogynist saying, ‘My mother is a woman, so I never can be a misogynist’. Fellow cricketer Mehidy Hasan Miraz said on social media that though he posted the comments in a ‘wrongful’ manner which he (Tanzim) realised, he never intended to show any misogyny in his comment.