“We’ve elected (Najmul Hossain) Shanto as captain in all three formats,” Hassan advised a packed press convention following a board assembly in Mirpur on Monday. “We mentioned the nationwide staff captaincy for the longest time in this assembly. We spoke to Shakib, who advised us that his eye downside hasn’t gone away. We’re not positive of his availability in the Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe house sequence. We even have to contemplate the T20 World Cup that is arising.
“Shakib is certainly our first selection. However we do not wish to keep in any uncertainty. We did not wish to delay the choice. We had the World Cup in thoughts so to run the staff easily, we needed to decide a captain.”
Shakib had introduced earlier than the World Cup final yr that he would quit the ODI captaincy after the 50-over marquee occasion. He had additionally hinted that he was unlikely to proceed in Assessments however expressed his curiosity in main the facet in the course of the T20 World Cup. Shakib had constructed a formidable T20 facet in the final 12 months, notably profitable in opposition to England.
Shanto takes over a facet that can face Sri Lanka in three T20Is, three ODIs and two Assessments in March and April this yr at house. Bangladesh are additionally prone to play 5 T20Is in opposition to Zimbabwe, additionally at house, earlier than embarking on the World Cup in West Indies and USA in June.
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One other former participant, Hannan Sarkar, was additionally appointed in the choice panel. He was a junior selector for quite a few years.
“After we made a shortlist, he appeared the only option. We waited for him to agree on our supply. There wasn’t a lot debate about it. When he agreed with us, we have been unanimous with our choice too,” BCB president Hassan stated.
Abedin, the previous Bangladesh captain, turned the chief selector when Faruque Ahmed give up the function in 2016. He was often criticised for permitting the coverage of BCB chief Hassan and a few of the influential board administrators to meddle in choice issues. After retiring from cricket in 2010, Bashar turned a nationwide selector in 2011. Abedin additionally joined on the similar time. Bashar was briefly the ladies’s staff selector, earlier than returning to the lads’s choice panel in 2016.
