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Nazmul Hossain Shanto

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Nazmul Hossain Shanto — 228 career matches, 6,516 runs and 9 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
27.6
Bowl Avg
40.2

Career stats overview

38 Test · 48 ODI · 142 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

38 matches

2,028
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

48 matches

1,424
Runs scored
2
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

142 matches

3,064
Runs scored
7
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams Nazmul Hossain Shanto has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches
20
Runs
992
Wickets
1

Zimbabwe

Matches
19
Runs
639

New Zealand

Matches
16
Runs
630

Comilla Victorians

Matches
14
Runs
273
Wickets
1

India

Matches
14
Runs
397

Pakistan

Matches
14
Runs
366

Rangpur Riders

Matches
14
Runs
341

West Indies

Matches
13
Runs
312

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Nazmul Hossain Shanto has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
82
Runs
2,085
Wickets
3

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Matches
39
Runs
846

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches
35
Runs
1,038
Wickets
4

Harare Sports Club

Matches
6
Runs
229

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
5
Runs
119

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
278

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
217

County Ground

Matches
3
Runs
196
Wickets
1

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.