Tamim Iqbal replaces Mashrafe Mortaza as Bangladesh ODI captain
Cricket | March 08, 2020 22:34 ISTMashrafe stepped down as ODI captain this week after the third and final ODI of a three-match series against Zimbabwe.
Mashrafe stepped down as ODI captain this week after the third and final ODI of a three-match series against Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said that wicketkeeper and star batsman Mushfiqur Rahim should go to Pakistan for the one-off ODI and second Test in Karachi in April
Rahim registered his third Test double century on Monday and now has scored 4,413 runs in 70 Tests, which include seven hundreds and 21 half-centuries.
With his double century, Rahim became the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh in Test cricket with 4,412 runs, seven more than Tamim Iqbal's tally of 4,405 runs.
In a low-scoring summit clash, Bangladesh first bowled India out for a paltry 177 in 47.2 overs and then did well enough to score the revised target of 170 in 42.1 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Afridi struck in the very first over of the day, dismissing the highly rated debutant Saif Hassan for a duck. Tamim Iqbal, playing his first Test since March 2019, followed in the next over after being trapped in front of off stump.
Bangladesh has split the tour to Pakistan into three phases due to security concerns. In the first phase it lost the three-match Twenty20 series 2-0 in Lahore with the final game abandoned due to rain last month.
Gibson will replace South African Charl Langeveldt who had resigned in December 2019.
Bangladesh are set to play three T20Is, two Tests and an ODI in Pakistan between January and April. The T20I series will be played from January 24-27, followed by the first Test from February 7 to 11.
Bangladesh's ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza has opted out of the national team's central contract.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said Sunday that his government has given a go-ahead for a short tour to Pakistan comprising three Twenty20s.
Bangladesh are slated to tour Pakistan for three T20Is and two Tests later this month. But the BCB are unsure of playing Tests with president Nazmul Hassan saying there were some among them unsure of touring Pakistan.
Misbah feels that Pakistan cricket had already suffered enough not getting to play Test cricket and if Bangladesh didn't come it meant Pakistan's next Test series would be in the summer of 2020 in England.
Hassan travelled with the Bangladesh team as a back-up opener for the Test series which they lost 0-2 against hosts India.
Here are some of the key stats from day 2 of the second Test between India and Bangladesh…
Earlier in the 20th over, Shami's bouncer struck Liton on his helmet. He too had continued, hit two boundaries as well, but did not return to bat in the second session.
Arafat had reportedly said that Shahadat was incapable in shining one side of the ball. The comments angered pacer and he subsequently attacked Arafat, slapping and kicking him
The incident reportedly took place during day two of the match between Dhaka Division and Khulna Division in Khulna.
Having won less than 20 Tests in the last 20 years is not a great statistic and Mominul wants some fresh perspective going forward.
The Indian pace trio comprising Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami ran through the Bangladesh batting line-up as Virat Kohli and his boys registered a comfortable win at the Holkar Stadium.
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