Akeal Hosein: Age, Career Stats, 5/11 and 94 T20I Wickets

Who is Akeal Hosein?

Akeal Jerome Hosein is a West Indies international spinner from Trinidad and Tobago. Cricket West Indies classifies him as a bowler who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox, with experience opening the bowling in limited-overs cricket. His senior teams include Trinidad and Tobago, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies, Chennai Super Kings, Texas Super Kings and Joburg Super Kings.

His short-format value extends beyond conventional middle-over spin. Hosein regularly bowls in the powerplay, attacks the stumps and changes pace without abandoning control. He is also an athletic fielder and capable lower-order batter, although official ICC and IPL records correctly retain bowler as his primary role.

Akeal Hosein age, birthplace and playing style

Hosein was born on 25 April 1993 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and was 33 years old on 23 August 2026. His full name is Akeal Jerome Hosein. The IPL auction list, Cricket West Indies profile and ICC player page agree on his date of birth and left-arm orthodox role.

Traditional left-arm orthodox bowling turns the ball away from a right-handed batter, but Hosein's T20 method also uses angle, skid, pace changes and a direct line. He can open the bowling when a team wants spin during the powerplay. His international record contains ODIs and T20Is but no senior Test appearance.

West Indies Under-19 pathway

Hosein represented West Indies at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia. Cricket West Indies' match centre records him taking 2 for 16 from ten overs against Zimbabwe Under-19s as West Indies won by six wickets. In the quarter-final against New Zealand, he scored 54 from 70 balls in a one-run defeat. Those scorecards establish that his early value included substantial batting as well as economical left-arm spin.

Under-19 appearances are development records, not senior international caps. Several players from that West Indies group later reached international or franchise cricket, but progression was not automatic. Hosein moved into Trinidad and Tobago's first-class system and had to build a senior domestic case over several seasons. The 54 in a World Cup knockout remains useful context for his lower-order batting, while his later career became defined mainly by control and wickets with the ball.

First-class breakthrough with Trinidad and Tobago

Hosein made his first-class debut in the 2012-13 regional season. His early breakthrough combined three performances: 6 for 33 and 5 for 34 against the Windward Islands, followed by an unbeaten 102 against the Leeward Islands. Cricket West Indies' current table records 24 first-class matches, 66 wickets at 27.84 and a best innings return of 6 for 33. It also records 644 runs, including the unbeaten century and two fifties.

The first-class data shows why some established profiles call him a bowling all-rounder. He has an 11-wicket match, a century and enough lower-order output to influence selection. His international and franchise role later narrowed toward limited-overs bowling, however, and he has not played Test cricket. This page therefore preserves the all-round evidence without presenting him as a top-order batter or Test player. Format-specific tables explain more than a single generic career label.

Trinbago Knight Riders and the CPL

Hosein became a long-term Trinbago Knight Riders player after earlier CPL appearances for Barbados. In the 2020 semi-final against Jamaica, the official TKR report records 3 for 14, including a wicket-maiden opening over and 17 dot balls. Trinbago won by nine wickets and then completed an unbeaten championship season.

He remained central to the title won in 2025, taking 2 for 26 and scoring an unbeaten 16 from seven balls in the final. The CPL used a Right to Match option to re-sign him for 2026 as TKR prepared to defend the title. This current team link follows a completed IPL and MLC season rather than replacing those earlier franchise records.

Hosein began CPL 2026 as stand-in captain against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. TKR won the rain-affected opener by 19 runs under the DLS method. The match adds a leadership event to his current season; it does not change his 99-match T20I record because CPL appearances are domestic T20 cricket.

ODI debut and immediate international impact

West Indies gave Hosein his One-Day International debut against Bangladesh in Mirpur on 20 January 2021. Cricket West Indies records figures of 3 for 26 from ten overs, including Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan. West Indies lost by six wickets, so the personal debut did not become a team win.

The detailed Cricket West Indies table through 2025 lists 40 ODIs, 63 wickets, best figures of 4 for 39, an average of 28.07 and an economy rate of 4.80. A summary card on the same page shows 64 wickets, but the innings table totals 63; the detailed line is used without averaging the conflicting values. He also has 309 ODI runs and a high score of 60.

T20I debut and 2021 World Cup fielding

Hosein made his T20I debut against South Africa in July 2021. Later that year, he entered the West Indies T20 World Cup squad after initially travelling as a reserve. Against England in Dubai, he took 2 for 24 from four overs. Both wickets were caught and bowled, and the second was a one-handed diving return catch to dismiss Liam Livingstone. West Indies lost the match after being dismissed for 55.

The fielding moment became widely replayed, but the useful record is broader: a new international spinner delivered four overs at six runs per over on his first T20 World Cup appearance. Cricket West Indies' report confirms the figures and match result. It should not be rewritten as a winning performance. The tournament helped establish Hosein as a West Indies T20 regular, leading to a much larger match sample and a later rise to the top of the ICC rankings.

Five for 11 at the 2024 T20 World Cup

Hosein produced his first T20I five-wicket haul against Uganda in Guyana on 8 June 2024. ICC's official report says he took three wickets in the powerplay, then added two more in the seventh over as Uganda were dismissed for 39. His final figures were 5 for 11, and West Indies won by 134 runs. The performance remains his best T20I return in the current Cricket West Indies career table.

Five for 11 also became one of the leading West Indies bowling performances in a men's T20 World Cup. Its value came from early control as much as the final wicket count: Uganda lost access to the chase before the middle overs. A single five-wicket spell should not replace career averages, so this page displays it alongside 99-match T20I totals. Peak performance and sustained record answer different questions and both belong in a useful profile.

Becoming the ICC No. 1 T20I bowler

On 18 December 2024, ICC announced Hosein as the No. 1 ranked men's T20I bowler for the first time. He climbed three places after taking 2 for 13 against Bangladesh. The ranking measured recent international performance and did not declare him the owner of a permanent record. ICC later reported that Adil Rashid ended Hosein's initial 44-day stay, before Hosein returned to the top during another rankings update.

Ranking history is an achievement rather than a career-statistics category. It shows that his combination of powerplay use, accuracy and wicket-taking was rated above other active T20I bowlers during that period. It does not mean he held the position continuously through August 2026. This page states the date and first ascent, avoiding the misleading present-tense claim that he is still No. 1 without a current weekly ranking check.

Akeal Hosein's international record through June 2026

Cricket West Indies' detailed table through 14 June 2026 contains 99 T20Is, 94 wickets, best figures of 5 for 11, a bowling average of 26.59 and an economy rate of 7.43. He has two four-wicket innings and one five-wicket innings. The batting line records 307 runs from 38 innings, 17 not-outs and a high score of 44 not out.

At the 2026 T20 World Cup, the West Indies table records seven wickets from six matches, with best figures of 3 for 28. He then played three T20Is against Sri Lanka in June and took one wicket across the series. The 94-wicket total is therefore tied to the last international on 14 June rather than presented as permanent.

CSK auction price and IPL 2026 performance

Chennai Super Kings bought Hosein for INR 2 crore at the IPL 2026 auction, matching his official reserve price. He entered the season with one previous IPL appearance for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023. CSK then used him in seven matches between 11 April and 18 May 2026.

Across those seven CSK games he bowled 148 balls, conceded 198 runs and took eight IPL wickets. His average was 24.75, economy 8.03 and strike rate 18.50. The standout return was 4 for 17 against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede, including a maiden, as Chennai won by 103 runs.

Texas Super Kings hat-trick in MLC 2026

After the IPL, Hosein joined Texas Super Kings for Major League Cricket. Against Washington Freedom in Oakland on 27 June 2026, he took a hat-trick in the final over and finished with 4 for 36. The official Texas Super Kings report describes the hat-trick, while the match record shows Washington still won by one wicket from the final ball. A remarkable individual sequence did not change the team result.

The MLC hat-trick followed a PSL hat-trick for Quetta Gladiators in 2024, demonstrating that he has taken three wickets in consecutive deliveries in more than one franchise competition. These achievements must stay attached to their leagues and dates. They are not T20I hat-tricks and do not alter his international wicket count. Texas and Chennai share the Super Kings name but remain separate teams with separate standings, results and appearance records.

Akeal Hosein salary, net worth and personal life

The dependable financial record supports an INR 2 crore IPL 2026 auction value. It does not reveal take-home income after taxes, match fees, central-contract payments, other franchise contracts, endorsements, property or investments. No audited disclosure establishes Hosein's net worth, and combining unrelated contract figures would not produce total wealth.

The official and established cricket sources reviewed here do not reliably confirm a wife, girlfriend or current partner. Cricket West Indies material discusses his injury recovery, Queen's Park pathway and mentorship from Ian Bishop, but it does not support guessing private relationships.

What Akeal Hosein's records show

Hosein's record connects West Indies Under-19 cricket, a first-class 11-wicket match and century, CPL titles, 40 ODIs, 99 T20Is and franchise roles across several countries. His senior peaks include 5 for 11 at a home T20 World Cup, the No. 1 T20I bowling ranking, 4 for 17 in IPL 2026 and a final-over MLC hat-trick.

The scopes remain separate. His detailed ODI line has 63 wickets, his T20I line has 94 and his all-T20 record has 275; the all-T20 total already includes international, IPL, CPL and MLC matches. The INR 2 crore IPL value is a contract figure rather than a wealth estimate.