Najmul Hossain Shanto

Najmul Hossain Shanto (born 25 August 1998) is a Bangladeshi cricket left-handed batter who has played for the Bangladesh national team since 2017. Batting at the top order, he has scored 2,486 runs in Tests with an average of 34.05, and 1,914 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with an average of 32.44. He has served as the Test captain of Bangladesh since 2023. Shanto was the ODI captain from 2023 to 2025, and the Twenty20 International (T20I) captain from 2023 to 2024.