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 him being included in the Test squad to face the West Indies for the first time.

[15][16] In September 2021, he was named as one of the two reserve players in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

[17] On 26 October 2021, he was added to Bangladesh's main squad for the tournament, after Mohammad Saifuddin was ruled out due to a back injury.

He was in police custody for three days but later the court granted him bail to participate for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

On Bangladesh's victory over England, in which Hossain played a starring role, Nazneen withdrew the charges.