Apart from the 2 marquee occasions, Bangladesh may also face New Zealand in a white ball sequence in late September earlier than travelling to India for the World Cup starting October 5.
“We have appointed Shakib as the captain for the Asia Cup and World Cup. The World Cup and Asia Cup squads will be announced tomorrow. The selectors will pick a squad of 17 members,” stated Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president.
Shakib has taken over from Tamim Iqbal, who was dominated out of the Asia Cup with a again harm.
Now, Shakib has turn into the Bangladesh captain in all three codecs of the sport. He has been the crew’s Test and T20I skipper since early final 12 months.
Shakib’s final project as ODI captain of Bangladesh was in opposition to Ireland at Malahide on May 12, 2017, and the match ended with no end result.
In all, Shakib has led Bangladesh in 52 ODIs, 19 Tests and 39 T20Is, and his tenure on the helm, which began in 2009, has been marked with rare stints.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com