He was named captain of Bangladesh Legends cricket team in 2020-21 Road Safety World Series.
On 20 January 2022, Rafique joined Asia Lions along with Habibul Bashar in Legends League Cricket, where he took 2 wickets against India Maharajas.
There, under the influence of the Pakistani allrounder Wasim Haider he converted to slow orthodox spin bowling.
[6] He is still playing first-class cricket for Dhaka Division and recently starred in the Big Boss T20 Premier League with a match-winning performance for Abahani Limited in the final.
He was tardy in taking remedial action, and was out of the national team until 2002, when he was picked for the home series against South Africa.
Rafique had a successful 2007 World Cup, taking eight wickets and helping Bangladesh to win games against India and South Africa.
[citation needed] Out of 53 players who have scored 1,000 runs and taken 100 wickets in Test cricket, Rafique was the first to have represented Bangladesh.