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Bangladesh cricket has been widely criticized after losing the second Test to Sri Lanka, especially Mominul Haque, the captain of the Bangladesh Test cricket team, and his batting. He. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been searching for a new captain since he left the post. Shakib Al Hasan is the new captain of Bangladesh Test team. And Liton Kumar Das has been announced as the co-captain.
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Shakib Al Hasan was named the new captain at a meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday. Shakib Al Hasan was banned by the ICC in 2019, then suddenly Mominul Haque took over the leadership. But after getting the responsibility of the captain, Mominul Haque forgot his batting.
Mominul Haque went after the pressure of responsibility due to which his bat was not smiling. Mominul Haque scored only 912 runs in 18 matches as captain. His batting average at this time is only 31.44. Got only 3 centuries. Before becoming the captain, Mominul Haque had scored 2713 runs in 36 Tests at an average of 41.47. At that time there were 6 centuries in total.
Mominul Haque's bat has been the most dull in recent times. Mominul Haque scored only 64 runs in the last 10 innings. In that innings, he could not go to double digits. He was dismissed for 0 three times. Mominul Haque relinquished his Test captaincy on May 31 under pressure.
Many think that Mominul Haque has done a wise job by leaving the captaincy. Former Bangladesh cricket captain Khaled Mahmood Sujan had earlier said that Mominul Haque needed to relinquish his captaincy.
Shakib Al Hasan led the Test for the third time after Mominul Haque's departure from the captaincy.
The Bangladesh cricket team has played Tests under the leadership of Shakib before. During the 2009 tour of the West Indies, Shakib Al Hasan was given the captaincy due to the injury of the then captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza. He lost that responsibility in 2011. Mushfiqur Rahim took charge as the new captain. After that, Shakib Al Hasan was given the responsibility of captain in Mushfiqur's Test for the second time in 2016. But that did not last long. The following year, in 2019, Shakib Al Hasan lost his leadership to ICC sanctions. Today, for the third time, the world's best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took the responsibility of wearing white.
The Bangladesh cricket team has played 14 Test matches in the previous two rounds under Shakib Al Hasan. In which Bangladesh has won three matches and lost 11 matches. It remains to be seen how Shakib Al Hasan will perform as captain in the new term. I hope Shakib Al Hasan will do well as captain at this stage.