Nazmul Hussain Shanto wants to leave the captaincy of Bangladesh after the ongoing Test series against South Africa. He has also informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board about this and is now just waiting for the approval of the Board President Farooq Ahmed. BCB had handed him the captaincy of the team in all formats in the month of February this year. He was going to lead Bangladesh till the Champions Trophy to be hosted by Pakistan next year. But he has decided to leave his post within 8 months. Under his captaincy, Bangladesh won the historic Test series against Pakistan. After that he had warned of defeating India also.
troubled by continuous defeats
Najmul Shanto has been in command of the team for the last 8 months. The team’s performance under his captaincy has not been good. However, Bangladesh had definitely qualified for the Super-8 in the T20 World Cup. But could not make it to the semi-finals. After this, Bangladesh created history by winning the Test series against Pakistan at home by 2-0. Due to this, Shanto’s confidence increased a lot and he talked about defeating Team India in the Test and T20 series. But Bangladesh had to face a shameful defeat in the Test and T20 series against India. Now South Africa has also defeated the test match at its home.
Shanto has captained Bangladesh in 9 test matches, winning only 3. Had to face defeat in 6 matches. Like Test, his record in ODI also was very poor. In 9 ODI matches, they lost only 6 and won 3. Apart from this, he has led Bangladesh in 24 T20 International matches, out of which they could win only 10 matches. In this way, due to continuous defeats, questions were being raised about his captaincy, after which he decided to leave it.
Who will be the captain now?
According to the report of Cricbuzz, Nazmul Shanto has requested BCB to step down from the captaincy after the South Africa Test series. However, BCB officials are currently trying to convince him. But if he does not agree to continue the captaincy, then the captaincy of Test and ODI can be handed over to Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Whereas Tauheed Hriday can be made the captain in T20.
