Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy (born 16 December 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and an opening right-handed batsman. He is the first player to score 1000 runs and most runs in a single List-A tournament. Haque made his ODI debut for Bangladesh against West Indies in the first ODI of the series in 2012 and in only his second ODI, he slammed a gritty century. He had a quiet series against Sri Lanka at home in February 2014, where he managed only a fifty. In the 2014 Asia Cup, he scored a century against Pakistan and a fifty against India. Later that year, he had a terrific series against Zimbabwe in Nov-Dec 2014. He was the second highest run-getter in the series, amassing 200 runs in five games, which included two fifties. He was picked for the ICC World Cup in 2015 but his campaign came to a premature end when he suffered a grade 3 joint strain condition in the game against Scotland at Nelson. He was advised 6 weeks of rest.
Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy vanished from the national selectors’ radar. His recovery wasn’t smooth, he went back to the domestic circuit and began working his way in a aim to make a comeback to the Bangladesh team. The hundreds came for Bangladesh Under-19s, Dhaka and Khulna Division (first-class), Abahani club and BCB Academy. His next century was 120 against West Indies in only his second international match, helping Bangladesh to their largest win in an ODI. He has struck two more international hundreds – against Pakistan and another against West Indies in 2014 – apart from three fifties till the start of the 2015 World Cup. His place in the Test team isn’t as regular, though.
He was then called up for the Bangladesh squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He played as an opening batsmen alongside Tamim Iqbal. On the fifth of March, Anamul dislocated his shoulder while trying to save a boundary and that resulted in him being ruled out of the world cup. Anamul was ruled into Bangladesh national cricket team in West Indies series but he didn’t perform as well as expected.
In 2016, the BCB omitted Anamul from the list of contracted players for 2017/18 season. The wicket-keeper batsman was undeterred by the setback as he continued to churn out runs in the Dhaka Division League. He was instrumental in his club – Khula’s successful stay at the top. One of the dominant run-scorers, the Board president recommended Anamul Haque’s name to the selectors for the opening spot in the Test squad for the series against South Africa in 2017, however he was ignored. One’s loss is another’s gain as they say; Chittagong Vikings roped him in the BPL draft.