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BangladeshBatter
Najmul Hossain Shanto
- Age
- 28y 79d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm off break
- From
- Rajshahi
- Age
- 28y 79d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm off break
- From
- Rajshahi
Nazmul Hossain is a left-handed batter known for a graceful style and a pronounced high back-lift. His domestic cricket has been played with Rajshahi, a side he has represented since November 2014. He first drew attention while still a schoolboy, making a double-hundred in a one-day game at school level. That early promise led to his selection, aged just 15, for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup. His first century in first-class cricket followed during the 2015 season, scored for Rajshahi Division.
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The year 2016 marked a real step forward. Bangladesh hosted the Under-19 World Cup that year, and the young southpaw collected consecutive player-of-the-match awards, first against South Africa and then against Scotland. His tally of 259 runs over the event played a part in Bangladesh securing third place. Later that year, Comilla Victorians, then the reigning champions, drafted him for the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League. He marked his first appearance in the competition with a half-century, facing a bowling unit that featured Tymal Mills, Taskin and Mohammad Nabi.
In November 2016, selectors named Shanto, as he is also called, in a preparatory camp in Sydney ahead of Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand. When Mominul Haque was injured on the eve of the second Test against New Zealand, Nazmul was brought into the Test squad as cover. He earned his Test cap in Christchurch but made only 18 and 12 across his two innings. He was subsequently left out for Bangladesh's following fixture, a one-off Test against India in Hyderabad.
Recent form
- Runs
- 66
- Inns
- 5
- Avg
- 13.20
- SR
- 37.7
- HS
- 19
- 4s / 6s
- 6 / 1
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