On his first overseas tour, the 30-year-old has emerged as a standout performer, taking 20 wickets in six matches, including a five-wicket haul against NT Strike on Friday that helped secure the Bangladeshi side’s semifinal spot. Rubel recently spoke to The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan about his unlikely rise, his first overseas experience and his hopes of reaching the national team, and more.

Bangladesh High Performance (HP) team returned to winning ways and moved to the top of the table in the Top End T20 Series with a 23-run victory over New Zealand A at Darwin’s Marrara Cricket Ground on Thursday.

The second and final T20 will be held at the same venue on Monday.

Bangladesh HP will face Nepal, New Zealand A and hosts NT Strike, while also taking on Australian domestic and Big Bash League academy sides representing the Hobart Hurricanes, Victoria and Adelaide Strikers.

Bangladesh High Performance (HP) finished runners-up in the Top End T20 Series after they lost to Adelaide Strikers by 32 runs in the final at the DXC Arena in Darwin on Sunday.

Bangladesh High Performance (HP) unit finished their campaign in the Bi-Lateral 50-over series in Australia on a losing note, suffering a crushing eight-wicket defeat to Pakistan Shaheens at the DXC Arena in Darwin on Tuesday.

Skipper Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Aich Mollah struck fifties before Bangladesh High Performance Unit were bowled out for 258 in their first innings on the opening day of second four-day match against Pakistan Shaheens at the DXC Arena in Darwin on Friday.