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Akeal Hosein Age, Career Stats, Records and IPL Salary

Akeal Hosein is a Trinidad-born West Indies slow left-arm orthodox bowler who became the ICC's No. 1 ranked men's T20I bowler in December 2024. His international record through 14 June 2026 contains 99 T20Is and 94 wickets, including 5 for 11 against Uganda at the 2024 T20 World Cup. Chennai Super Kings bought him for a documented ₹2 crore before he took eight wickets in seven IPL 2026 matches, led by 4 for 17 against Mumbai Indians. He later recorded a Major League Cricket hat-trick for Texas Super Kings in June 2026.

Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox bowlerBorn 1993-04-25

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Full nameAkeal Jerome Hosein

Age33As of 2026-08-11

Date of birth1993-04-25Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Batting styleLeft-hand bat

Bowling styleSlow left-arm orthodox

Career overview

Akeal Hosein cricket career

Akeal Hosein was born on 25 April 1993 and was 33 on 11 August 2026.

He bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox, often taking the new ball in T20 cricket.

He represented West Indies at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup before making his senior ODI debut in 2021.

His first T20I five-wicket haul was 5 for 11 against Uganda at the 2024 T20 World Cup.

He first reached No. 1 in the ICC men's T20I bowling rankings in December 2024.

His checked IPL 2026 record is seven matches, eight wickets and best figures of 4 for 17.

Career story

Akeal Hosein career, earnings and personal life

Who is Akeal Hosein?

Akeal Hosein is a West Indian international spinner from Trinidad and Tobago. Cricket West Indies classifies him as a bowler who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox, with opening-bowler experience in limited-overs cricket. His senior teams include Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies, Chennai Super Kings, Texas Super Kings and Joburg Super Kings, alongside other franchise memberships. StumpScope keeps one canonical profile across those teams so each roster and scorecard points to the same identity.

His value in short-format cricket comes from more than 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 a capable lower-order batter. Those secondary skills do not change his current primary classification: both ICC and IPL material list him as a bowler. Team roles can vary by match, but the underlying player record should not be duplicated or relabelled for every competition.

Akeal Hosein age, birthplace and playing style

Hosein was born on 25 April 1993 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and was 33 on the checked date. His full name is Akeal Jerome Hosein. The IPL's 2026 auction list, Cricket West Indies profile and ICC player page agree on the date and identity. He is a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. His current public record contains no Test cap, so international discussion on this page concerns ODIs and T20Is.

Traditional left-arm orthodox bowling turns the ball away from a right-handed batter, but Hosein's T20 method also depends on angle, skid, pace changes and a direct line. He can open the bowling when teams want spin against attacking batters before fielding restrictions end. Cricbuzz's 2026 analysis notes the scale of his powerplay wicket-taking since 2023. That specialist use should not be confused with a guarantee of low economy: venue, match-up and execution still determine each spell.

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 part of Trinbago Knight Riders after earlier CPL appearances for Barbados Tridents. In the 2020 semi-final against Jamaica Tallawahs, 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. The spell helped make his new-ball spin visible beyond domestic red-ball cricket.

Cricket West Indies' team table currently lists 62 T20 matches for Trinbago from 2019 to 2025, with 62 wickets, best figures of 4 for 13 and an economy rate of 6.54. Those are team-specific T20 totals, not his entire CPL or franchise career. They show sustained control over multiple seasons. His later global contracts built on that role, but every league remains a separate competition with its own squad and scorecard history.

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 spell nevertheless established that his domestic control could transfer to international white-ball cricket.

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 of 4.80. A summary card on the same page displays 64 wickets, creating an internal one-wicket discrepancy. StumpScope uses the detailed innings table and explicitly records the difference instead of selecting the larger number. He also scored 309 ODI runs, with a highest 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 also taken two four-wicket innings and one five-wicket innings. With the bat, the same table records 307 runs from 38 innings, 17 not outs and a highest score of 44 not out.

At the 2026 T20 World Cup, the official 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, taking one wicket across the series according to the checked match list. Those later results explain why the career count is dated rather than treated as permanent. He remains without a senior Test appearance in the reviewed record.

CSK auction price and IPL 2026 performance

Chennai Super Kings bought Hosein for ₹2 crore at the IPL 2026 auction, matching his official reserve price. The league auction page and auction-list document agree on the amount. He entered the season with only one previous IPL appearance, for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023. CSK then used him in seven matches between 11 April and 18 May 2026, giving his IPL record a much larger current sample.

Across those seven games he bowled 148 balls, conceded 198 runs and took eight wickets. The resulting average is 24.75, economy 8.03 and strike rate 18.50. His standout match was 4 for 17 against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, including a maiden, as CSK won by 103 runs. Other spells ranged from 1 for 19 against Delhi to 0 for 49 against Lucknow, so the complete table keeps the four-wicket peak in proportion.

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 network but are separate teams, so one canonical player page links both without merging their standings or results.

Akeal Hosein salary, net worth and personal life

The reliable reviewed financial record supports a ₹2 crore IPL 2026 auction value. It does not reveal his take-home salary after taxes, match fees, central-contract income, franchise payments outside the IPL, endorsements, property or investments. No audited disclosure establishes Hosein's net worth. Adding values from multiple leagues would also risk double counting contracts with different terms and currencies, so StumpScope does not publish a speculative wealth figure.

The official and established cricket sources reviewed for this profile do not reliably confirm a wife, girlfriend or current partner. They also provide little documented family detail beyond his Trinidad background. A Cricket West Indies interview discusses his broken finger, return to Queen's Park and mentorship from Ian Bishop, but it does not justify guessing private relationships. Personal information will remain limited to public, relevant and well-sourced facts.

What Akeal Hosein's records show

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

The boundaries matter as much as the highlights. He has no Test cap, the detailed ODI table gives 63 wickets despite a 64-wicket summary card, and his ₹2 crore IPL value is not net worth. Current snapshots end on specified dates. Future licensed updates should match his exact identity, keep international and league formats separate, and preserve one profile across Chennai, Trinbago, Joburg and Texas links.

Akeal Hosein records

Akeal Hosein career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Twenty20 internationals through 14 June 202699matches

Batting

Innings: 38
Runs: 307
High score: 44*
Average: 14.61
Strike rate: 114.55 from 307 runs off 268 balls
Not outs: 17

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 95
Wickets: 94
Best bowling: 5/11
Average: 26.59
Economy: 7.43
Strike rate: 21.4
Balls: 2018
Catches / stumpings: 23

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

One-Day Internationals through 202540matches

Batting

Innings: 30
Runs: 309
High score: 60
Average: 14.71
Strike rate: 78.03 from 309 runs off 396 balls
Not outs: 9

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 40
Wickets: 63 in the detailed table
Best bowling: 4/39
Average: 28.07
Economy: 4.80
Strike rate: 35.0
Balls: 2210
Catches / stumpings: 17

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Indian Premier League 20267matches

Batting

Innings: No checked batting innings
Runs: 0 in the checked table
High score: Not applicable
Average: Not applicable
Strike rate: Not applicable
Not outs: Not applicable

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 7
Wickets: 8
Best bowling: 4/17
Average: 24.75
Economy: 8.03
Strike rate: 18.50
Balls: 148
Catches / stumpings: Not separately documented in the checked snapshot

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

MLC hat-trick match, 27 June 2026Texas Super Kings v Washington Freedommatches

Batting

Innings: Texas scored 185/4
Runs: Not central to bowling record
High score: Not central to bowling record
Average: Not applicable to one match
Strike rate: Not applicable to one match
Not outs: Not central to bowling record

Bowling & fielding

Innings: Washington chase
Wickets: 4
Best bowling: 4/36 including a hat-trick
Average: 9.00 for the match
Economy: 9.00
Strike rate: 6.00
Balls: 24
Catches / stumpings: Not central to hat-trick record

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

International career

Debut and last listed match

West Indies Under-19

Debut

2012 Under-19 World Cup

Last listed match

Quarter-final included 54 against New Zealand Under-19s

One-Day International

Debut

Bangladesh v West Indies, 20 January 2021

Last listed match

40-match record through 2025 in the checked table

Twenty20 International

Debut

West Indies v South Africa, 3 July 2021

Last listed match

West Indies v Sri Lanka, 14 June 2026

Indian Premier League

Debut

Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2023

Last listed match

Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad, 18 May 2026 in the checked record

Career achievements

Documented achievements and milestones

Represented West Indies at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.
Took 11 wickets in a first-class match and later scored an unbeaten first-class century.
Took 3 for 14 in Trinbago Knight Riders' 2020 CPL semi-final win.
Recorded 3 for 26 on ODI debut against Bangladesh in 2021.
Took 2 for 24 and two caught-and-bowled dismissals on his first T20 World Cup appearance.
Produced career-best T20I figures of 5 for 11 against Uganda in 2024.
Reached No. 1 in the ICC men's T20I bowling rankings in December 2024.
Joined Chennai Super Kings at a documented ₹2 crore IPL value.
Took 4 for 17 against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.
Completed an MLC hat-trick for Texas Super Kings in June 2026.

Reader questions

Akeal Hosein FAQ

Direct answers based on the documented record shown on this page.

How old is Akeal Hosein?

Akeal Hosein was born on 25 April 1993 and was 33 years old on 11 August 2026.

What type of bowler is Akeal Hosein?

He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who often operates with the new ball in T20 cricket. He also bats left-handed.

What are Akeal Hosein's best T20I bowling figures?

His best T20I figures are 5 for 11 against Uganda at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup.

Was Akeal Hosein the No. 1 T20I bowler?

Yes. ICC announced him as the No. 1 ranked men's T20I bowler for the first time on 18 December 2024.

What was Akeal Hosein's IPL 2026 auction price?

Chennai Super Kings bought him for ₹2 crore, matching his official reserve price.

How many wickets did Akeal Hosein take in IPL 2026?

He took eight wickets from seven matches, with best figures of 4 for 17 against Mumbai Indians.

Did Akeal Hosein take a hat-trick in MLC?

Yes. He took a final-over hat-trick for Texas Super Kings against Washington Freedom on 27 June 2026 and finished with 4 for 36, although Texas lost by one wicket.

What is Akeal Hosein's net worth?

No reliable reviewed source establishes an audited net worth. His documented ₹2 crore IPL auction value is not the same as total wealth.

Conclusion

What the documented record shows

Akeal Hosein progressed from West Indies Under-19 cricket and Trinidad's first-class system to 99 T20Is, a World Cup five-wicket haul and the No. 1 position in the ICC men's T20I bowling rankings.

His 2026 franchise record added eight IPL wickets for Chennai, including 4 for 17, and an MLC hat-trick for Texas. The page keeps those competitions separate, dates every snapshot and does not turn a documented ₹2 crore auction value into an unsupported net-worth claim.

References

Sources for this player profile

Checked 11 August 2026 against 21 retrieved sources. Cricket West Indies, ICC, IPL, official team reports and match centres lead identity, international, auction and achievement review; established match tables cross-check IPL figures. The CWI summary card shows 64 ODI wickets while its detailed table shows 63 from 40 innings; this page uses the detailed table and states the discrepancy. Portrait identity matches the official Texas Super Kings named player card and stored provenance. No reliable reviewed source confirms audited net worth or a current relationship.

Cricket West IndiesOfficial identity, biography and current international and domestic career tables

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Cricket West IndiesOfficial ODI debut report and 3 for 26 against Bangladesh

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Cricket West IndiesDirect player interview about motivation, injury return and Ian Bishop mentorship

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Cricket West IndiesOfficial 2012 Under-19 World Cup scorecard against Zimbabwe

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Cricket West IndiesOfficial 2012 Under-19 World Cup quarter-final and 54 against New Zealand

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Cricket West IndiesOfficial 2021 T20 World Cup opener, 2 for 24 and fielding record

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