Currently serving as the Bangladeshi men’s national cricket team captain across all forms, Najmul Hossain Shanto was born on August 25, 1998. He is a cricketer from Bangladesh. In domestic Twenty20 matches, he is the second Bangladeshi player to hit a century, following in the footsteps of Sabbir Rahman. The announcement that he will be a part of Bangladesh’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup team came in December 2015. Not only was he chosen for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2022, but he also earned the record for the most runs scored by the Bangladesh cricket team, 180 runs in five matches.
Shanto first started his cricket training at the Clemon Rajshahi Cricket Academy at the Clemon Rajshahi Cricket Academy. Shanto is originally from Ranhat, which is located in Rajshahi. Because the academy was located over 20 kilometers away from his residence, he would commute there by walking and cycling each day. Beginning on November 8, 2016, he made his debut in the Twenty20 (T20) format while playing for Comilla Victorians in the Bangladesh Premier League for the 2016–17 season.
The month of December 2017 saw him and Mizanur Rahman.
I created the greatest opening partnership in a domestic first-class match in Bangladesh while batting for Rajshahi Division against Dhaka Metropolis in the 2017–18 National Cricket League. I scored 341 runs thanks to this partnership. He scored 749 runs in 16 matches in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, making him the player with the most runs scored in the league. After the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, he was selected for the Khulna Titans club in October of 2018. This marked the beginning of his career in the Bangladesh Premier League.
He was one of the thirty-five cricketers who were named in a training camp in August of 2019, before the 2019–20 season for Bangladesh. The Khulna Tigers, who will compete in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, chose him to play for them in November of 2019. In the Bangabandhu Twenty20 Cup for the 2020–21 season, Najmul made a century for Minister Group Rajshahi on December 8, 2020. The match was against Fortune Barishal. His selection to play for Sylhet Strikers came about as a result of the players’ draft that took place in November 2022 for the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League.
Najmul Hossain Shanto Biography
| Name | Najmul Hossain Shanto |
| Full Name | Najmul Hossain Shanto |
| Date of Birth | 25 August 1998 |
| Place of Birth | Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break |
| ODI Debut | September 20, 2018 vs. Afghanistan |
| Test Debut | January 20, 2017 vs. New Zealand |
| T20 Debut | September 18, 2019 vs. Zimbabwe |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
With 516 runs, including four fifties, he held the record for the most runs scored in that competition. He was also the first player from Bangladesh to score more than 500 runs in a single season in the Bangladesh Premier League. The performance that he gave earned him the accolade for player of the tournament. He was selected to be a part of a preparation squad consisting of 22 players who would be training in Australia before Bangladesh’s journey to New Zealand in November of 2016.
The addition of his name to Bangladesh’s Test team came in January 2017, just before the second test match against New Zealand. In the second test match, which took place on January 20, 2017, he made his debut in the test match against New Zealand. It was in August of 2018 that he was chosen to be one of twelve debutants who were included in a preliminary squad of thirty-one players for Bangladesh in preparation for the 2018 Asia Cup. In the One-Day International (ODI) match that took place on September 20, 2018, he made his debut for Bangladesh against Afghanistan.
The announcement that he will be a member of Bangladesh’s squad for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup came in December of 2018. After being removed from the squad after the 2018 Asia Cup, he was brought back for the Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series in the 2019–20 season. On September 18, 2019, he made his debut for Bangladesh in a Twenty20 International match against Zimbabwe. His appointment as captain of Bangladesh’s team for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, which will take place in Bangladesh, will take place in November of this year.
The following month, he was given the honor of being selected as the captain of Bangladesh’s team for the men’s cricket competition that will take place in the 2019 South Asian Games. The squad from Bangladesh triumphed against Sri Lanka in the championship match, claiming victory by a score of seven wickets. He scored his maiden century in Test cricket in April 2021, when he hit 163 runs in the first innings of the first match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. This was his first century in the sport of Test cricket.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | R | BF | NO | Avg | S/R | 100s | 50s | H | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 45 | 44 | 1365 | 1674 | 3 | 33.29 | 81.54 | 3 | 8 | 122 | 148 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| TESTs | 27 | 52 | 1481 | 2864 | 1 | 29.03 | 51.71 | 5 | 3 | 163 | 169 | 18 | 19 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 30 | 676 | 603 | 5 | 27.04 | 112.10 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 67 | 9 | 21 | 0 |
| T20s | 152 | 144 | 3235 | 2765 | 14 | 24.88 | 116.99 | 2 | 14 | 115 | 307 | 90 | 70 | 0 |
| LISTAs | 158 | 151 | 5065 | 5989 | 18 | 38.08 | 84.57 | 11 | 25 | 150 | 459 | 89 | 67 | 0 |
| FIRST CLASS | 73 | 128 | 4696 | 8676 | 6 | 38.49 | 54.12 | 13 | 20 | 253 | 559 | 44 | 47 | 0 |
Bowling
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | O | R | W | Avg | E/R | Best | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 45 | 6 | 13.2 | 75 | 1 | 75.00 | 5.62 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 |
| TESTs | 27 | 10 | 18.4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 152 | 18 | 25.5 | 193 | 6 | 32.16 | 7.47 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 |
| LISTAs | 158 | 30 | 81.3 | 463 | 13 | 35.61 | 5.68 | 2/39 | 0 | 0 |
| FIRST CLASS | 73 | 32 | 106.5 | 412 | 7 | 58.85 | 3.85 | 2/45 | 0 | 0 |
Shanto achieved his second hundred-point performance in a test match against Zimbabwe in Harare in July of 2021. The selection of Shanto to Bangladesh’s team for the 2022 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup took place in September 2022. The first time Shanto ever hit a half-century in Twenty20 International cricket was on October 30, 2022, when he was playing against Zimbabwe. His 71 runs off of 55 balls contributed to Bangladesh’s victory in the match, which they won by three runs. During that tournament, he scored 180 runs, including another fifty against Pakistan, making him the player with the greatest run-scoring total for Bangladesh.
Both the Twenty20 International and One-Day International squads for Bangladesh’s series against England were named to him in March of 2023. In the second one-day international match, which took place on March 1, 2023, he scored his first half-century in one-day international cricket. In the first Twenty20 International, he maintained his fine form by hitting 51 runs off of only 30 balls. This helped Bangladesh win the match by six wickets and secure their first victory in a Twenty20 International that they had played against England. He hit his fifth hundred of his test career in December 2023, which was against New Zealand in the first test of the three-match series. This was his fifth century overall. In the end, Bangladesh prevailed in the match by a score of 150 runs.
