The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has lastly issued an official assertion on the sudden removing of former Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto from his position because the ODI captain.
This appears to have made an impression on the reasonably younger participant from Bangladesh, since many within the cricket fraternity really feel that this led Shanto to step down from the Check captaincy as nicely. Although BCB chairman Nazmul Abedin begs to vary on this opinion.
Lastly, on a present known as Saturday Night time, he revealed that the thought of Shanto’s snub is baseless, because the BCB took the choices based mostly on the present scenario, as Bangladesh didn’t have an ODI skipper at the moment, contemplating Shanto’s tenure ended with the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
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BCB drops official assertion on Bangladesh ODI captaincy
The BCB cricket operations chairman, Nazmul Abedin, needed to face immense criticism after dropping Najmul Hossain Shanto and choosing Mehidy Hasan Miraz as his successor. All of the Bangladesh followers appeared to have anticipated an extension of tenure for the previous skipper.
“We didn’t have any ODI captain after the Champions Trophy. It isn’t true that Shanto was faraway from his captaincy. In reality, there was no captain,” Nazmul stated within the present.
“Shanto might need assumed he would lead within the subsequent sequence since he was the earlier captain. There’s nothing flawed in pondering that. However the board could have had different plans. Sure, the board may have appointed Shanto once more, however that may have required a separate announcement,” he defined on the present that airs on Jamuna TV.
He additional confirmed that since they didn’t have a captain at the moment, there was no query of holding any discussions with Shanto. A choice was made and communicated to Shanto, since he was the earlier captain.
“The captaincy resolution was taken in a gathering, and it was my duty to tell each Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. There have been no different phrases or circumstances concerned. That is why I knowledgeable Shanto first,” stated the BCB chairman.
BCCI stays agency with the boycott resolution, whereas BCB prepares to host the ACC assembly
The way forward for the Asia Cup 2025 depends solely on the assembly that’s to be held at Dhaka between all member nations of the Asian Cricket Council. Nevertheless, the supposed host nation for the continental championship, India, has known as for the boycott of the occasion.
Because of the present political unrest in Bangladesh, the BCCI denied sending its officers to Dhaka on the twenty fourth of July for the scheduled annual common physique assembly of the ACC. Nevertheless, regardless of repeated pleas, the PCB chief, Mohsin Nazqi, now head of ACC, is pressuring BCCI to take part within the assembly in Dhaka.
Bangladesh to maintain Litton Das as skipper for the Asia Cup 2025?
Although nothing has been determined but, the Asia Cup may get cancelled as nicely. Bangladesh remains to be gearing up for a difficult contest within the continental championship.
With the Asia Cup 2025 to be performed within the shorter format of the sport, Bangladesh may consider Litton Das to steer them within the multi-team championship, since he’s their most profitable skipper lately.
Litton additionally led Bangladesh to a historic away sequence win in opposition to Sri Lanka within the T20Is. Sri Lanka is the defending champion of the T20 Asia Cup.
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