Thankfully for Bangladesh, the self-inflicted strain didn’t last too long as all Shanto needed was some stretching and some fluids before resuming their innings.
They also can’t be blamed for the over-zealous celebration as it was more than warranted. It was his maiden ODI century, an innings that rescued the team from a precarious situation and set them up for a memorable victory.
It was also a statement innings for the left-handed batsman, who has been the butt of several jokes and the butt of criticism, trolls and sometimes outright abuse from the countrymen.
Shanto made his ODI debut in 2018, with an impressive age-level career behind him. With 1820 runs in 58 Youth ODIs, Shanto is still the highest run-scorer in the world at U-19 level.