
Personal Information
Born
April 25, 1993 (32 years)
Birth Place
Port-of-Spain
Nickname
Akeal Hosein
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Left-arm orthodox
TeamsWest Indies U19, Barbados Royals, Dhaka Dynamites, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies, Delhi Bulls, Melbourne Renegades, New York Strikers, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Multan Sultans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Washington Freedom, MI Emirates, Quetta Gladiators, Southern Brave, Sydney Sixers, Texas Super Kings, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trent Rockets
ICC Rankings
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TEST
ODI
T20I
Bat
--Best: --
--Best: --
--Best: --
Bowl
--Best: --
--Best: 21
3+1Best: 1
All Round
--Best: --
--Best: 66
42+3Best: 36
Career Information
Teams
West Indies U19, Barbados Royals, Dhaka Dynamites, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies, Delhi Bulls, Melbourne Renegades, New York Strikers, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Multan Sultans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Washington Freedom, MI Emirates, Quetta Gladiators, Southern Brave, Sydney Sixers, Texas Super Kings, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trent Rockets
Akeal Hosein is a bowling all-rounder that hails from Trinidad. Known for his tight wicket-to-wicket left-arm spin and his ability to score quickly in the lower middle-order, Hosein was a part of the West Indies' squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. He played domestically for Trinidad & Tobago and for the Barbados Tridents in the CPL between 2014 and 2019.
An international debut had to wait till January 2021 in an ODI series against Bangladesh and a T20I debut came quickly thereafter against Sri Lanka. He became only one of ten players to be awarded a central white-ball contract by Cricket West Indies in 2021.
Hosein was a part of both the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup squads for the West Indies. He also plies his trade in T20 competitions around the globe and has played in the IPL, BPL, PSL, BBL and MLC amongst others.
An international debut had to wait till January 2021 in an ODI series against Bangladesh and a T20I debut came quickly thereafter against Sri Lanka. He became only one of ten players to be awarded a central white-ball contract by Cricket West Indies in 2021.
Hosein was a part of both the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup squads for the West Indies. He also plies his trade in T20 competitions around the globe and has played in the IPL, BPL, PSL, BBL and MLC amongst others.
Full Profile
Batting Career Summary
Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 0 | 38 | 78 | 1 |
Innings | 0 | 28 | 32 | 1 |
Runs | 0 | 266 | 272 | 16 |
Balls | 0 | 364 | 247 | 10 |
Highest | 0 | 60 | 44 | 16 |
Average | 0 | 14 | 16 | 0 |
SR | 0 | 73.08 | 110.13 | 160.00 |
Not Out | 0 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
Fours | 0 | 14 | 17 | 1 |
Sixes | 0 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
Ducks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 0 | 38 | 78 | 1 |
Innings | 0 | 38 | 74 | 1 |
Balls | 0 | 2090 | 1616 | 24 |
Runs | 0 | 1687 | 1958 | 40 |
Maidens | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Wickets | 0 | 57 | 72 | 1 |
Avg | 0.0 | 29.6 | 27.19 | 40.0 |
Eco | 0 | 4.84 | 7.27 | 10 |
SR | 0.0 | 36.67 | 22.44 | 24.0 |
BBI | -/- | 4/39 | 5/11 | 1/40 |
BBM | -/- | 4/39 | 5/11 | 1/40 |
4w | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
5w | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Information
t20
Debut
vs South Africa, 2021-07-03, National Cricket Stadium
Last Played
vs Pakistan, 2025-08-04, Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground
odi
Debut
vs Bangladesh, 2021-01-20, Shere Bangla National Stadium
Last Played
vs Sri Lanka, 2023-07-07, Harare Sports Club
ipl
Debut
vs Delhi Capitals, 2023-04-29, Arun Jaitley Stadium
Last Played
vs Delhi Capitals, 2023-04-29, Arun Jaitley Stadium
cl
Debut
vs Cape Cobras, 2014-09-26, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Last Played
vs Northern Knights, 2014-09-30, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
Profile
Akeal Hosein is a bowling all-rounder that hails from Trinidad. Known for his tight wicket-to-wicket left-arm spin and his ability to score quickly in the lower middle-order, Hosein was a part of the West Indies' squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. He played domestically for Trinidad & Tobago and for the Barbados Tridents in the CPL between 2014 and 2019.
An international debut had to wait till January 2021 in an ODI series against Bangladesh and a T20I debut came quickly thereafter against Sri Lanka. He became only one of ten players to be awarded a central white-ball contract by Cricket West Indies in 2021.
Hosein was a part of both the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup squads for the West Indies. He also plies his trade in T20 competitions around the globe and has played in the IPL, BPL, PSL, BBL and MLC amongst others.
An international debut had to wait till January 2021 in an ODI series against Bangladesh and a T20I debut came quickly thereafter against Sri Lanka. He became only one of ten players to be awarded a central white-ball contract by Cricket West Indies in 2021.
Hosein was a part of both the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup squads for the West Indies. He also plies his trade in T20 competitions around the globe and has played in the IPL, BPL, PSL, BBL and MLC amongst others.