Mohammad Ashraful (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল; born 7 July 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who has represented the Bangladesh men's national team.

[16] Sonargaon Cricketers, a team in the Dhaka Premier League for the 2005–06 season,[17] signed Ashraful and Mohammad Rafique.

[20] Dhaka won the one-day competition, and Ashraful, who was the second-highest run-getter with 331 runs, also claimed 7 wickets in 7 matches,[21][22] and was named player of the tournament.

[24] Although he scored his first first-class century in over a year during the competition, Ashraful was dropped from the ODI squad to face Pakistan in December.

[25] During a match in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League in January 2012, Ashraful was involved in an incident with Tamim Iqbal.

[26] He was the leading run-scorer for Kala Bagan Krira Chakra in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, with 665 runs in 13 matches.

[29] Dhaka won the tournament, and in twelve matches Ashraful scored a total of 258 runs, with an average of 28.66, making him the BPL's second highest run-scorer amongst Bangladeshi batsmen.

[37] Trevor Chappell, a former coach of Bangladesh's national side, commented that: "his determination, commitment and attention to detail would put a mature and an established person to shame.

"[38] Following Ashraful's debut century, however, a prolonged string of poor performances resulted in him being dropped from the national team.Ashraful performed poorly in his first World Cup, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, scoring 71 runs at an average of 14.20, with Bangladesh being eliminated during the group stage.

Although they won just one ODI out of six, their solitary victory against Australia was described by Wisden as "the biggest upset in one-day international history".

[46] He scored 136 runs in the first innings, his third Test century; he received the man of the match award, although Sri Lanka won by eight wickets.

[48] The West Indies hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup in March and April; Ashraful was included in the 15-man squad led by Habibul Bashar.

His innings was the highest score by a Bangladeshi player in the World Cup and he was named man of the match for his performance.

[67] Ashraful caught the ball and, despite de Villiers standing his ground, umpire Steve Bucknor confirmed the dismissal.

[68][69] After an extended run of poor form and Bangladesh's first-round exit in the 2009 World Twenty20, Ashraful was dismissed as captain in June 2009.

[71] They played Afghanistan in the final; Bangladesh won by five wickets, securing the country's first gold medal at the Asian Games.

He struggled in June's 2010 Asia Cup, and was subsequently dropped; he was recalled for the ODI leg of the England tour due to injuries to the squad.

[74] The West Indies toured Bangladesh in October, but after scoring just two runs,[76] Ashraful was dropped from the Test squad.

[77] Shortly after winning the Asian Games in 2010, Ashraful was recalled to Bangladesh's full squad for the five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe in December.

[82] In April he captained Bangladesh A on a tour of South Africa and his performance, including striking a one-day century,[83][84] earned him a recall to the senior squad to face Zimbabwe in August.

[85] In the one-off Test, Ashraful scored the most runs for his team with a total of 112, including a half-century, even though Bangladesh was defeated.

This took place at a time when Ashraful was being heavily criticised in the media for his poor performance and questionable tactics on the field as captain.

[104][105] The Bangladesh Cricket Board suspended him from the game temporarily until the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit submitted its report on its investigations into the fixing.

[106] The alleged fixing involved a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Vikings during the second edition of the BPL on 2 February 2013.

He was also allegedly involved in fixing another match 10 days later, against the Barisal Burners, which his team lost by seven wickets.