Bangladesh Cricket: Shakib Al Hasan Returns as Captain for Asia Cup and World Cup

2023-08-11 09:23:00

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Dhaka: Veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will lead the Bangladesh squad for the Asia Cup and World Cup matches. Tamim Iqbal had resigned from the captaincy. After that, the player withdrew from the Asia Cup due to an injury. With this, Shakib returned to the captaincy of Bangladesh.

Shakib once more takes the captaincy of the Bangladesh team at a crucial stage. After the Asia Cup, they will play an ODI series once morest New Zealand at home. After that, he will come to India for the World Cup.

With this, Shakib became the captain of Bangladesh in all three formats. The player returned as the captain of the Test and T20 teams at the end of last year. For the third time in both the categories, the actor has been re-inducted as the hero.

Earlier, the star was the ODI captain from 2009 to 2011. Led the team in 49 games. Scored 22 wins. In 2015 and 2017, the player replaced Mashrafe Mortaza and led the team. He led the team in 19 Tests and 39 T20Is.

The Asia Cup matches start from 30th of this month. New Zealand tour Bangladesh in September. The World Cup starts from October 5.

Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan stated that Shakib is announced as the captain of Bangladesh once more as part of a long-term plan.

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