Nayeem Hasan born 12 February 2000) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Chittagong Division in the 2016–17 National Cricket League on 10 October 2015. He made his Test match debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2018, taking five wickets in the first innings. Nayeem Hasan shot to the limelight in early 2018 after he was picked in Bangladesh’s Test squad to play Sri Lanka. At the time of his call-up, he was playing in the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The tall offspinner from Chittagong was in line to be Bangladesh’s first Test cricketer born in the new millennium. Nayeem was a fast bowler till Class 8 before taking to offspin. He is 6 feet tall, unusual for a Bangladeshi spinner; he said in an interview that he turned to spin before he hit his growth spurt. He made it to the Bangladesh U-19 side after performing well in the age-group competitions in 2015.
In December 2017, Nayeem Hasan was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The following month, he was named in Bangladesh’s Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play.In August 2018, Nayeem was one of twelve debutants to be selected for a 31-man preliminary squad for Bangladesh ahead of the 2018 Asia Cup. In November 2018, he was again named in Bangladesh’s Test squad, this time for the series against the West Indies. He made his Test debut for Bangladesh against the West Indies on 22 November 2018.In the match, he took a five-wicket haul to become the eighth Bangladesh bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut. He was also the youngest Bangladesh bowler, and third-youngest overall, to take a five wicket haul on debut, at the age of 17 years 356 days.
In December 2018, Nayeem was named in Bangladesh’s team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The following month, he was named in Bangladesh’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand, but he did not play. In April 2019, he was named in Bangladesh’s One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.