Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury (Bengali: আফতাব আহেমদ চৌধুরী, born 10 November 1985) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played all formats of the game.
In his early days Aftab was careless about playing international cricket and even thought of it as a torture.
He died during the 1999 Cricket World Cup[1] He made his international debut at the 2004 Champions Trophy, and, despite scoring a thirteen-ball duck was allowed to continue playing, owing to good performances at Under-19 level for Bangladesh.
With his gentle medium pace he took 5 wickets for 31 runs against New Zealand in the second of three ODI between the two teams, which has led him to bowl ten overs in most Bangladeshi games.
He made an important knock of 81 not out against Zimbabwe to clinch the series at the last game as it hanged 2–2 before the decider match.
Again in 2005 when Bangladesh was nearly 60 runs away to register their first victory over Sri Lanka, Aftab came to the crease and made a match winning 50-run partnership with Alok Kapali.
However Aftab then quit the ICL and re-joined the Bangladesh national cricket team with his first assignment being against England in 2010.
In their second match vs the South Africans he scored top with 36 runs off 14 balls before he was bowled out by Morné Morkel.
In 2010, he was left out of the Bangladesh squad for 2010 Asia Cup after he scored only 52 runs at an average of 17.33 in three matches against England.