In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[2][3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.^[4] To date, 170 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match,^[5] with eight of them being taken by cricketers representing Bangladesh.^[6]

They have taken a five-wicket haul on debut against four different opponents with West Indies being the most frequent opponent. Five-wicket haul were taken five times against the West Indies side. The other three times this incident occurred against three different sides; one each against England, India and Zimbabwe.^[7] Of the eight occasions the Bangladesh won the match only twice and drew once. The other five were lost.^[8][9][10] Both the wins and the only draw came against the West Indian cricket team.^[11][12]

The players have taken five-wicket hauls at five different venues.^[13] Five of them came in Bangladesh^[14] and the other three came in overseas.^[15] The most common venue for a Bangladesh player to achieve the feat is Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, where it has occurred three times.^[13] Among the three hauls occurred overseas, two of them took place at Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown in West Indies. The other one came at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.^[16]

Naimur Rahman took a five-wicket haul in the very first test Bangladesh played against India in 2000, making him the first debutant for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul. He took six wickets for 132 runs in India's first innings.^[17][6][18] Along with Rahman, a total of five players have taken six wickets at debut.^[19] The other four players are Mohammad Manjural Islam, Elias Sunny, Sohag Gazi and Mehidy Hasan.^[20] Three players have taken five wickets at debut.^[21] Among the players Nayeem Hasan is the youngest bowler for Bangladesh to take a five wicket haul for Bangladesh.^[1][22]

Sohag Gazi holds the best figure in an innings by a debutant Bangladeshi bowler with his 6 wickets for 74 runs against West Indies.^[23] Gazi also holds the record for best bowling figure in a match with 9 wickets for 219 runs.^[24] Mehidy Hasan was the most economical debutant to take five-wicket haul, taking 6 wickets for 80 runs against England at a economy rate of 2.00 runs per over.^{[25][note 1]} Mahmudullah Riyad has the best average.^{[note 1]} He took 5 wickets for 51 runs at an average of 10.20 runs per wicket.^[26] Nayeem Hasan accounted the best strike rate.^{[note 2]} His strike rate was 16.8 when he took 5 wickets in 14 overs against West Indies.^[27] The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was Nayeem Hasan in November 2018.^[6]