Earlier in December 2020, the cricketer-turned-politician was made a member of the Awami League’s sub-committee on forest and environment affairs.
The fast bowler, popularly known as Narail Express, won a seat in the 11th parliamentary elections by defeating his rivals by a huge margin.
The popular cricketer got 34 times more votes than his nearest rival Fariduzzaman Farhad of the ethnic Oikya Front alliance from the Narail-II seat as the ruling Awami League’s candidate.