[1] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[2] and Shafiul was bought by the Khulna Royal Bengal for $65,000.

[9] Shafiul received his first international call-up when he selected for Bangladesh's squad for a tri-series with India and Sri Lanka in January 2010.

[11] After taking a wicket in each of his first two ODI matches against, he was named in a 14-man Test squad to play India later that month.

[12] He made his Test debut on 17 January and opened the bowling with Shahadat Hossain; India won by 113 runs and Shafiul's maiden wicket was that of Gautam Gambhir.

[13] In the space of a month, Shafiul twice conceded more than 90 runs in an ODI, first against Pakistan in June 2010 and then against England in July.

[14] Bangladesh hosted the 2011 World Cup in February, March, and April along with India and Sri Lanka.

"[18] The captain, Shakib Al Hasan praised Shafiul's performance and his bowling in the following match against the Netherlands.