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Bangladesh cricketer
Najmul Hossain Shanto 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.
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Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1987)
Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim is a Bangladeshi professional cricketer who has played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. Representing Bangladesh since 2005, he has accumulated over 16,000 career runs across the three international formats. As of June 2026, he holds the record for the most career runs in Test matches for Bangladesh. Rahim served as the captain of Bangladesh in Tests from 2011 to 2017, and in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) from 2011 to 2014.
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