Shafiul Islam Shuhas (born October 6, 1989 in Bangladesh) is a cricketer from Bangladesh. Shafiul is a fast-medium bowler with a right arm and has played for the Rajshahi Division since 2006/07.

Domestic career

The Bangladesh Cricket Board established the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a 2020 tournament that was due to take place in February 2011. An auction was held for teams to buy players and Shafiul was bought by the Khulna Royal Bengal for $ 65,000. He was the fourth highest wicket taker on the team with five wickets from seven games. I

n April, the BCB upgraded Shafiul's central contract from Class C to Class B. He was the lead wicket taker for Agrani Bank Cricket Club in the 2017-18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League with 24 layoffs in 13 games. In October 2018 he was appointed to the Rangpur Riders team based on the draft for the 2018/19 Bangladesh Premier League.

In March 2019 bowling for Mohammedan Sporting Club against Gazi Group Cricketers in the opening round of the 2018/19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Shafiul took his first five-wicket haul in List A Cricket. In November 2019 he was selected to play for the Khulna Tigers in the 2019/20 Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

Shafiul received his first international appointment when he was selected for Bangladesh's squad for a tri-series with India and Sri Lanka in January 2010. He was the only player in the Bangladeshi squad with no prior international experience, but his selection was based on his performance in the Bangladeshi domestic league.

He made his One Day International debut on January 4, 2010 against Sri Lanka. He opened bowling with Ruble Hossain and pocketed 39 runs out of 5 over. He managed to take a wicket, that of Kumar Sangakkara, who had fallen back for 74. After scooping a wicket in each of his first two ODI games, he was called up to a 14-man Test squad later that month to play against India. He made his Test debut on January 17, opening bowling with Shahadat Hossain; India won 113 runs and Shafiul's first wicket was Gautam Gambhir's.

In December 2018 he was appointed to the Bangladesh team for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018.