Aside from the 2 marquee occasions, Bangladesh may also face Untouched Zealand in a white ball order in past due September ahead of travelling to Republic of India for the Global 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,” mentioned Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president.
Shakib has taken over from Tamim Iqbal, who was once dominated out of the Asia Cup with a again trauma.
Now, Shakib has change into the Bangladesh captain in all 3 codecs of the sport. He has been the staff’s Check and T20I skipper since early latter month.
Shakib’s latter project as ODI captain of Bangladesh was once in opposition to Ireland at Malahide on Would possibly 12, 2017, and the fit ended and not using a end result.
In all, Shakib has led Bangladesh in 52 ODIs, 19 Exams and 39 T20Is, and his tenure on the helm, which began in 2009, has been marked with rare stints.
