Today is the 27th birthday of right-arm fast bowler Rubel Hossain.He made his ODI debut on 14 January 2009 in Bangladesh`s victory over Sri Lanka, where he took 4/33 in 5.3 overs in a shortened ODI game. He made his Test debut on 9 July 2009 against the West Indies, and took 3 wickets. He has also featured in two Twenty20 matches, both coming in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.A quick bowler with a slingy action-not dissimilar to Lasith Malinga’s-Rubel can consistently deliver good pace and bounce. His first-class debut arrived for Chittagong Division in 2007, where he picked up match figures of 1/137 against Khulna Division. After a string of good performances in the National Cricket League, he was selected to play for the Bangladesh Under-19 team, and soon after, the Bangladesh A team.Rubel is known as the fastest bowler in Bangladesh cricket history. He bowled 149.5 km/h in a warm-up game in 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He also bowled at 148 km/h vs Sri Lanka in 2015 Cricket World Cup. Rubel’s best ODI figure is 6/26 vs New Zealand, where he also took a hattrick. Rubel Hossain consistently bowled around 145 km/h in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.Rubel was named in the ODI squad for the tri-series with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, and made his debut in the third game of the round-robin stage, a game Bangladesh needed to win to progress to the final. Rubel cleaned up the middle-order and tail with a 4-wicket haul in 5.3 overs. He also played in the tri-series final, where he had a poor end to the game, but retained his place for the three ODI series against Zimbabwe soon after. More good performances led to his being named in the Test squad to face the West Indies for the first time. He made his debut at Arnos Vale, and took three wickets in West Indies’ 1st innings, and also formed a good 10th wicket partnership with Shahadat Hossain in Bangladesh’s 1st innings.The Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012 founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. An auction was held for teams to buy players, and Rubel was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $70,000.