Background
His father worked at a Hindu temple in his hometown, Sylhet.
His father worked at a Hindu temple in his hometown, Sylhet.
He finished with figures of 3/3.
He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin. He was the first Bangladeshi to take a Test hat-trick. Test career
Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri Lanka at Colombo.
He took 2 wickets, Michael Vandort and Upul Chandana as well as making 39 and 23 with the battalion
In his next 16 Tests he took just 4 more wickets and this included a hat-trick against Pakistan in 2003. His effort in quickly cleaning up the tail also allowed gave Bangladesh their maiden first innings lead in Tests.
With the bat Kapali has struggled thus far in Test cricket and made his highest score of 85 against the West Indies at Chittagong. Kapali has the unfortunate distinction of playing for the losing side in all 17 of his Test matches for Bangladesh.
One Day Internationals
In One Day International cricket he has been in and out of the side, impressing more with the bat than the ball.
He hit the fastest century by a Bangladeshi batsmen (86 deliveries) in a match against India during the 2008 Asia cup., a record bettered by Shakib First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hasan two years later. Kapali scored 3 hundreds for Sylhet in the Bangladeshi National Cricket League of 2006-2007, finishing with 744 runs. His highest first class score is 156 against Chittagong.
In 2008, Kapali was banned for 10-years for playing international cricket because he joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and played for the Dhaka Warriors in the Indian Cricket League.
He scored the first century in the two seasons of International Computers Limited, 100 in 60 balls, against Hyderabad Heroes. He finished as the second highest scorer of the league stage with 324 runs in 8 matches at an average of 54.
However Kapali announced he quit the International Computers Limited in June 2009 and was available for national selection by 31 December 2009
The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. The BCB made Alok Kapali the "icon player" for Sylhet Royals.
He scored 124 runs from 9 matches.