He led Bangladesh in its first international match, against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), in Dhaka, in January 1977.
Kabir also captained the East Zone side at Chittagong and scored 29 in the second innings.
Kabir made his first-class cricket debut playing for East Pakistan against Karachi Greens in November 1961.
He was in good form that season, as in March 1965, he scored 55 against Dacca, in a match played at the Outer Stadium.
His highest score of 89 came in January 1968, when he scored 89 in the first innings for East Pakistan (Green) against the East Pakistan Railways at the Dacca Stadium, sharing a 101-run third-wicket partnership with the skipper M. A.