BCB on re-appointing Shakib Al Hasan as Test captain: We have to be positive about his availability
The Bangladesh Cricket Board chief is anticipated to carry a gathering on June 2 to take the captaincy determination after Mominul Haque Showrabh stepped down because the skipper.
Shakib Al Hasan (centre) throughout a Test match. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSMominul has relinquished captaincy on account of dip in his kindShakib had to surrender captaincy after ICC handed him one-year banBCB chief is anticipated to carry a board assembly on June 2
Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Nazmul Hasan mentioned the BCB must know whether or not Shakib Al Hasan will play the red-ball sport recurrently earlier than re-appointing him because the Test captain.
The board has been pressured to take a choice on the captaincy function after Mominul Haque Showrabh stepped down because the skipper on May 31. Mominul mentioned that his lack of kind made it more durable for him to guide Bangladesh on the highest stage.
“Shakib can be a skipper in any format. But we need to know whether he will play or not (Test cricket regularly),” Nazmul advised Cricbuzz.
“If he says that he won’t go or choose a format then it will be a problem. Shakib was our skipper and there is no doubt about his captaincy. But we also need to be sure about his availability.
“He can’t make final minute choices about his availability when he’s the captain. We have to debate with him first. We can’t make somebody a captain on a whim and so need to take a effectively thought-out (determination),” Nazmul mentioned.
Although Shakib is the entrance runner to switch Mominul, he has performed the simply concluded two-Test match sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka since his unavailability within the Pakistan sequence.
Mominul took the captaincy from Shakib after the latter was handed a one-year ban by the ICC in 2019 for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The BCB chief Nazmul is anticipated to carry a board assembly on June 2 to take the captaincy determination.
