Najmul Hossain Shanto ( bn, নাজমুল হোসেন শান্ত; born 25 August 1998) is a Bangladeshi

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er. He is the second Bangladeshi to score a century in domestic

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s after

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. In December 2015, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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. He was also selected for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and scored the most runs (180 runs in 5 Matches) from

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Early life

Shanto comes from Ranhat in Rajshahi, and began his cricket training at the Clemon Rajshahi Cricket Academy. The academy was almost 20 kilometers away from his home, so he would cycle and walk each day to get there. He married Sabrin Sultana Ratna in 2020 during the lockdown of the

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Domestic career

He made his

(T20) debut on 8 November 2016 playing for

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in the

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. In December 2017, he and

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, batting for Rajshahi Division against

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in the

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, made the highest opening partnership in a domestic first-class match in Bangladesh, scoring 341 runs. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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, with 749 runs in 16 matches. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the

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team, following the draft for the

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. In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Khulna Tigers in the

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. On 8 December 2020, in the

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, Najmul scored a century for Minister Group Rajshahi against Fortune Barishal.

International career

In November 2016, he was named in a 22-man preparatory squad to train in Australia, ahead of Bangladesh's tour to New Zealand. In January 2017 he was added to Bangladesh's

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squad ahead of the second Test against New Zealand. He made his Test debut in the second Test against New Zealand on 20 January 2017. In August 2018, he was one of twelve debutants to be selected for a 31-man preliminary squad for Bangladesh ahead of the

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. He made his

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(ODI) debut for Bangladesh against

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on 20 September 2018. In December 2018, he was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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. After being dropped from the team since

, he was again recalled for the

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. He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh, against

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, on 18 September 2019. In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Bangladesh's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. Later the same month, he was named as the captain of Bangladesh's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the

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. The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final. In April 2021, in the opening match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka, he scored his first century in Test cricket, with 163 runs in the first innings. In July 2021, Shanto scored his second test hundred against Zimbab we in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shanto, Najmul Hossain 1998 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers People from Rajshahi District Abahani Limited cricketers Kala Bagan Cricket Academy cricketers Bangladesh North Zone cricketers Rajshahi Division cricketers Comilla Victorians cricketers Khulna Titans cricketers South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in cricket