There, however, he struggled to hold his place, as Bangladesh already had two other left arm seamers, Gholam Nousher and Jahangir Alam Talukdar.
Still, he briefly emerged in 1994, following the retirement of Prince and Dulu, as the country's top pace bowler.
[citation needed] In the 1994–95 SAARC Quadrangular Tournament at Dhaka, (December 1994), he took 3/29 against Pakistan A, 4/29 against Sri Lanka A, & 3/28 against India A.
In fact, Anisur Rahman was one of the first Bangladeshi bowler to successfully use the reverse swing.
After the group match between Afghanistan and India in 2018 Asia Cup, he did not officiate any matches and quit his umpiring profession for uncertainty of career under Bangladesh Cricket Board and settled in USA in order to pursue a better career in other profession.