Early and Domestic Career

Taskin started playing cricket on 10 January 2007 at Abahani Playground. After playing under-15 and under-17 years, he was selected to play for the Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team. He made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis in October 2011 against Barisal Division.

In the 2012 ICC Under-19 World Cup, Taskin was Bangladesh's most successful wicket-taker with 11 wickets. In his second Twenty20 in BPL 2 for the Chittagong Kings, he was named man of the match for his bowling figures of 4/31 against Duronto Rajshahi in the semi-final. He took eight wickets in four matches, which was the major turning point in his career.

In BPL 3, Taskin played for Chittagong Vikings. He became the fourth most searched person from Bangladesh on Google in 2015.

In October 2018, Taskin was called up to the squad of the Sylhet Sixers team after the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League draft. He was the team's leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 22 dismissals in twelve matches. In November 2019, he was selected to play for Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the 2021 Lanka Premier League player draft.

International Career
Debut

Mashrafe's injury suddenly opened the door to the national team for him. He made his T20I debut on 1 April 2014 and took the wicket of Glenn Maxwell on T20I debut.

On June 17, 2014, he became the first Bangladeshi ODI debut bowler to take five wickets against India.

Taskin made his Test debut for Bangladesh against New Zealand on 12 January 2017 and took his first Test wicket by dismissing Kane Williamson.

Taskin was selected in Bangladesh's squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup due to his outstanding performances in domestic cricket in the 2014 season.

In the group stage of the World Cup, he took one wicket against Afghanistan, three against Scotland and two against England, which played a very important role in qualifying for the quarter-finals where Bangladesh faced India in Melbourne, the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Taskin impressed again by taking three wickets. He was the top wicket-taker from Bangladesh in the World Cup. The epic post-wicket celebration between Taskin and Mashrafe called 'Chest-bump' was nominated by cricketcountry.com as one of the most memorable moments of the World Cup.

Rise of Taskin

Taskin played an important role in whitewashing Pakistan in April 2015 and winning against India in June 2015.
In 2016, Taskin was selected in Bangladesh's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. However, he was later banned from bowling in international cricket due to an illegal bowling action during the tournament.

In June 2021, he was named in the Bangladesh squad for the tour to Zimbabwe in all formats. In the only Test match against Zimbabwe, he scored 75 runs and celebrated his first half-century in Test cricket. He maintained a partnership of 191 runs along with Mahmudullah, which was the second highest ninth wicket partnership in Test cricket. Taskin's 75 runs was also the highest individual score at No. 10 by a Bangladesh batsman in the away game.

In September 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In the 2022 T20 World Cup, he became the most wicket-taker from Bangladesh with 8 wickets in 5 matches.

In March 2023, during the first T20, Taskin forced the visitors from Ireland to slow down with his three-wicket burst in the fourth over before grabbing another wicket in the last over to finish with 4-16, making his Best record in T20 to date is Bangladesh's T20 series against Ireland against Ireland.

Bowling Speed

Taskin is currently the fastest bowler in the history of Bangladesh cricket. During the 2021 T-20 World Cup, Taskin reached more than 150 km/h in a match while Mashrafe Mortaza, the fastest to date, reached 148 km/h in a Test against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2001. Taskin can consistently throw around 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour).

Personal Life

Taskin is the son of businessman Abdur Rashid and Sabina Yasmin.Taskin completed SSC from King Khaled Institute and HSC from Stamford College. He then studied at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).

In November 2017, Taskin married his childhood friend Sayeda Rabeya Nayeem. On 30 September 2018, their first child, Tashfeen Ahmed Rihan was born.