Bangladesh in West Indies 2009
Mashrafe named Bangladesh captain
Cricinfo staff
June 23, 2009
Bangladesh have named fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza as captain for the forthcoming tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to relieve Mohammad Ashraful of his captaincy duties to allow him to focus on his batting. Shakib Al Hasan, the world's No.1 allrounder in ODIs, has been named the vice-captain.
"The board wants to sincerely thank Mohammad Ashraful for his contribution as skipper," Mohammed Jalal Yunus, the BCB's Media & Communications Committee Chairman, said. "The decision to replace him was taken with the intention of relieving the load on Ashraful so that he can play his natural game.
"We all know his quality and what he is capable of as a batsman and we are confident that without the burden of captaincy his batting would flourish and he would contribute more to the team."
Bangladesh faced plenty of flak on returning home from the ICC World Twenty20 in England where they failed to qualify for the Super Eights. The under-fire Ashraful had insisted he had no plans of quitting the captaincy.
The tour of West Indies begins on July 3 with a three-day match against West Indies A. The team will play two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20
Mashrafe Mortaza to replace Ashraful as captain
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Re: Mashrafe Mortaza to replace Ashraful as captain
This is really an excellent news for the prospective of Bangladesh cricket.
But I would have liked to go with Shakib-al-hasan keeping in mind the nervousness of Mashrafe showed against Brendan Taylor and Rohit Sharma and his injury problem also. But inspite of that Mashrafe is an experienced contender for this post and it can be seen that he has a strong character and good thinking mind. It's better to see how he can handle the captaincy and so can decide his timing of bowling, I mean when he wants to bowl.
Shakib al hasan is also in the mind of the selectors as the future captain. He is appointed as the vice captain. So, sooner or later he will get the job of captaicy in absence of Mashrafe being a fast bowler or if he falls in injury. It's logistic to give some time to Shakib to learn the captaincy well playing as the deputy of Mashrafe.
And for Ashraful, I have critised him very much previously. He just needs to concentrate in his batting and nothing more to retain his place in the side.
But I would have liked to go with Shakib-al-hasan keeping in mind the nervousness of Mashrafe showed against Brendan Taylor and Rohit Sharma and his injury problem also. But inspite of that Mashrafe is an experienced contender for this post and it can be seen that he has a strong character and good thinking mind. It's better to see how he can handle the captaincy and so can decide his timing of bowling, I mean when he wants to bowl.
Shakib al hasan is also in the mind of the selectors as the future captain. He is appointed as the vice captain. So, sooner or later he will get the job of captaicy in absence of Mashrafe being a fast bowler or if he falls in injury. It's logistic to give some time to Shakib to learn the captaincy well playing as the deputy of Mashrafe.
And for Ashraful, I have critised him very much previously. He just needs to concentrate in his batting and nothing more to retain his place in the side.