Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid () (born 16 October 1976), also known as Sharfuddoula Saikat, is an international cricket umpire and a former first-class player from Bangladesh. He was the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in 100 matches in men's international cricket. He was also the first umpire from Bangladesh to be named as a match official for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2023.
Playing career
In 1994 Sharfuddoula played three matches for Bangladesh at the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya. Sharfuddoula played 10 first-class cricket matches for Dhaka Metropolis in 2000 and 2001.
Umpiring career
He made his first-class debut as an umpire in February 2007 in a match between Barisal Division and Sylhet Division.
In January 2010 he stood on his first ODI match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka becoming the tenth Bangladeshi to umpire at international level.
He was named one of the match officials for 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
In February 2021, he was named as an on-field umpire for both the test matches played between Bangladesh and West Indies, becoming the fifth Bangladeshi umpires to officiate in test matches.
In February 2022, he was named one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In January 2023, he was named one of the on-field umpires for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
In March 2023, during the 3rd T20I between Bangladesh and Ireland, he became the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in 100 men's international matches.
In September 2023, he was named one of the match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Bangladeshi umpire to be named as one of the umpires for the Men's World Cup. He was selected to stand in 5 matches as an on-field umpire in the World Cup including a group stage match between Australia and New Zealand.