Since Shakib Al Hasan is now out due to a finger injury, the subject of who would head the Bangladesh Test squad against Afghanistan on June 14 has been raised. In normal situations, the vice-captain takes over leadership of the team when the captain is absent, however there are rumors going around that Liton Das does not want to lead the team in the match.
In the event that Liton is unable to lead the team, it is possible that Mehedi Hasan Miraz or Nazmul Hossain Shanto, two younger talents, may step up to take on the role. Akram Khan, who played for Bangladesh and is now the chairman of Facilities, gave an interview to several news outlets and discussed Miraz and Shanto.
They are going to be important actors in the future. Some of the players were chosen because of their potential to serve as captains of the team. They possess those characteristics, as Akram pointed out.
In addition to this, he said that “five or six players” are in the running to take up the responsibilities of captaining the team in the absence of Shakib, but that “it will depend on the current captain, selectors, and coach.”
However, BCB president Nazmul Hassan has not been informed of Liton’s reluctance to take the helm of the organization.
“I spoke to Shakib, and he was optimistic about playing for Afghanistan in the one-day internationals and the twenty20 internationals. The vice-captain is meant to take over in his absence, but I haven’t heard anything from Liton yet,” the president of the BCB said in an interview with The Daily Star the other day.