In the group stage he played in all 3 matches, taking 5 wickets, as the team progressed to the Plate competition of the Cup.

[6] He finished with six wickets at an average of 28.50,[7] and was named by Cricinfo writer Rabeed Imam as the fastest bowler and one of the most promising players in the tournament.

[9] In his debut Test against England at Lord's in 2005 Hossain conceded 101 runs in 12 overs without taking a wicket, an economy rate of 8.41.

Cricinfo recorded that Hossain "bowled at a lively pace and with tremendous control" to help Bangladesh gain a first-innings lead.

Chief selector Rafiqul Alam stated that Shahadat was too expensive, having conceded runs at 6.63 an over in 18 ODIs in 2008, and believed he would benefit from returning to domestic cricket.

In the lead up to the first match Indian batsman Virender Sehwag called the Bangladesh bowling attack ordinary,[21] provoking anger amongst the team.

Shahadat was his team's second-highest wicket-taker across the two Tests, but after taking a five-wicket haul in the first innings of the series he managed just two more.

Contrasting with his debut effort, Shahadat took five wickets for 98 runs and in the process became the first Bangladeshi cricket to be added to the Lord's honours board.

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

[30] Dhaka Division won the One-Day National Cricket League in November 2010, with all the matches held in the space of three weeks.

Hossain took ten wickets from six matches in the tournament,[31] producing his best figures of 4/39 in the final against Barisal Division to help his team to victory.

[34] A broken toe, sustained during a game of beach football, prevented him from taking part in Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe in July and August 2011,[35] a series which marked Zimbabwe's return to Test cricket and Bangladesh's first Test match since the tour of England over 14 months earlier.

[48] Noted for his height and aggression, Hossain was cited as the fastest bowler in the Bangladesh team by former coach Dav Whatmore in 2005.

[2] He has become renowned for hurting batsmen with his bouncer, having hit international players such as Mathew Sinclair and Ricky Ponting over the course of his career.

[51] He has said his idols include Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Steve Harmison and Brett Lee (all fellow fast bowlers).

[59] In November 2016, he was acquitted on the torture charge in the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal after a judge found that the prosecution had not proven the case against Shahadat.

[63] Despite the ban, on 5 June 2021, Hossain played for Old DOHS Sports Club in the 2021 Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League.