Najmul Hussain Shanto's second consecutive century, Jamai Century in both innings of 1 Test, became Maharikord

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Najmul Hussain Shanto has created history by scoring a century in both innings of the first Test match released in Gaul. He has become the first captain of Bangladesh to do this feat. He unbeaten 125 off 199 balls in the second innings …Read more

Shunto's second consecutive century, Jamai Century in both innings, became maharikord

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Najmul centuries in both innings
Mushfiqur Rahim’s record broke
Bangladeshi batsman showed fire in Sri Lanka

New Delhi. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hussain Shanto has scored history by scoring a century in both innings of Gaul Test. Shanto has become the first captain of Bangladesh to score a century in both innings of a Test. He did this feat against Sri Lanka on the fifth and last day of the Gaul Test. Shunto led the team in this Test match. He scored a brilliant 148 runs in the first innings, due to which Bangladesh team managed to make a big total. In the second innings, Shanto scored an unbeaten 125 runs.

Najmul Hussain Shanto hit 9 fours and 3 sixes off 199 balls in the second innings, while in the first innings, he had 9 fours off 350 balls from his bat. During this, he broke the Maharikord of former Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim. Earlier, Mushfiqur touched the 200 figure against Sri Lanka in 2013 against Sri Lanka. Shanto has now left Mushfiqur behind scoring a total of 273 runs in Gaul.

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Bangladesh declared his second innings at 285/6 on the basis of Najmul’s brilliant innings. Bangladesh had scored 495 runs in the first innings. Mushfiqur Rahim also scored 163 runs in the first innings. In response, Sri Lanka scored 485 runs in the first innings. In this, Pathum Nisanka scored an unmatched innings of 187 runs. Sri Lanka has a target of 296 runs to win. Both the centuries of Najmul have come at the right time when questions were being raised on their captaincy in overseas. He became very calm and played a brilliant innings under pressure, which also increased the morale of Bangladesh’s dressingroom. All appreciated his captain.

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Najmul Hussain Shanto’s second consecutive century, Jamai Century in both innings of 1 Test, became Maharikord

Najmul Hussain Shanto has created history by scoring a century in both innings of the first Test match released in Gaul. He has become the first captain of Bangladesh to do this feat. He unbeaten 125 off 199 balls in the second innings …Read more

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