POBNEWS24, Dhaka Apr 10, 2021:Bangladesh team leadership is a lot of ‘victims of the situation’! The fact that the Bangladesh cricket team has entered the era of three captains with the help of various changes in the last few years is not a deliberate decision. On the contrary, the BCB was forced to go that route due to the situation. Although there is a lot of speculation about the leadership structure of an international team, Bangladesh seems to be a strong exception.
The fact that there are now three captains in the Bangladesh squad for Tests, ODIs and T20s is the result of a decision taken under different circumstances. Although the BCB is still adamant on the policy of three captains to give enough time to the captains, the question remains সময় has Bangladesh cricket really had time to manage a team with three captains in three editions?
‘If we gave equal importance to the three editions and our performance in the three editions remained the same, there was one thing. But our three versions do not have the same performance. That’s the problem, especially in the version we don’t play well, that’s the problem with the captain. ‘
Shakib Al Hasan
Although he is not currently leading the Bangladesh team, Shakib Al Hasan has led the team in three editions at one time. That Shakib believes that there should be only one captain in the Bangladesh team in three editions. He is currently in India to play in the IPL. In a recent interview with Prothom Alo on his mobile phone from there, Shakib said in response to a question about the three captains, ‘The question is difficult. There will be different opinions about it. But I would never say it would be bad for us to have one captain in three editions. Of course it’s not bad. Maybe that’s better. ‘
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The one-day world-class all-rounder also argued behind his vote for one captain in three editions: But our three versions do not have the same performance. That’s the problem, especially in the version we don’t play well, that’s the problem with the captain. ”
Shakib got a good idea of the pressure of captaincy when he was the captain of Bangladesh team. From that experience, he wanted to explain the problem of the captains in the version of the game that is not good, ‘The version in which we play well, the captain will always be at ease, that is normal. But in the rest of the version we do not play well or do not get regular success, the task becomes difficult for the captain of that version. He will have to be under pressure all the time, listen to criticism and it will take longer for him to settle down as a captain. In the version where our team is good, the problem of the captain will be less, it will take less time to settle down.
Three captains in three editions of the Bangladesh team started in April 2016 after Mashrafe bin Murtaza retired from the International Twenty20. Until now, Mashrafe was the captain in both the editions of the white ball and Mushfiqur Rahim was the captain in the Tests. After Mashrafe left the leadership of T20, Shakib was given the responsibility of captain in this edition. From Mashrafe to the ODI captain. Ever since then, the era of three captains in three editions of Bangladesh cricket has started.
At times, however, there have been changes in the leadership of the Test team. After the tour of South Africa in September-October 2016, Shakib was given the leadership of the Test team instead of Mushfiqur. However, he missed the two-Test series against Sri Lanka at home in January-February 2017 due to injury. Mahmudullah led the team in those two Tests as the emergency captain.
After recovering, Shakib returned to the West Indies in July of the same year as the captain of the Test team. And he was already the captain of the T20 team. Later, however, due to the ICC’s one-year ban on Shakib, the Bangladesh team had to change its leadership in both Test and T20. Muminul Haque was given charge of the Tests and Mahmudullah was made the captain of the T20. Tamim Iqbal was given the responsibility of this version when Mashrafe also left the leadership of ODIs in March last year.
‘The question is difficult. There will be different opinions about it. But I would never say it would be bad for us to have one captain in three editions. Of course it’s not bad. Maybe that’s better. ‘
Shakib is the only captain in the national team
This is the change in the leadership of the Bangladesh team in the last few years and the continuity in which there are three captains in Tests, ODIs and T20s today; In Shakib’s eyes, it is because of the situation, ‘We did not have three captains in the previous three editions. Since Mashrafe’s brother did not play Tests, he only captained because he was white. Another did in the test. Then when Mashrafe Bhai left T20, there was another captain in T20. Thus there have been three captains in three editions. It’s not that it was planned too much. ‘
