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Najmul Shanto to lead Bangladesh in New Zealand ODIs, T20Is | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday named Najmul Hossain Shanto as the captain for their upcoming ODI and T20I series in New Zealand next month. The tour scheduled between December 17 and December 31 comprises three ODIs and three T20Is. Najmul, already leading Bangladesh's Test side against New Zealand in the ongoing home series, has been entrusted with the responsibilities in the absence of the regular white-ball captain Shakib Al Hasan.Shakib is unavailable for the series as he has recently moved into politics to contest the upcoming general election on January 7 as a candidate of the ruling Awami League.All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has been named as Najmul's deputy for the white-ball tour of New Zealand.Batsman Liton Das returns to the squad for the New Zeala...
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Shakib Al Hasan to lead Bangladesh in Asia Cup, World Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday appointed veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as their ODI captain for both the Asia Cup and the 2023 World Cup .Apart from the two marquee events, Bangladesh will also face New Zealand in a white ball series in late September before travelling to India for the World Cup beginning 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," said Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president.Shakib has taken over from Tamim Iqbal, who was ruled out of the Asia Cup with a back injury.Now, Shakib has become the Bangladesh captain in all three formats of the game. He has been the team's Test and T20I skipper since...
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Tamim Iqbal denies rift with Shakib Al Hasan | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal brushed off all the charges made by the country's board president Nazmul Hassan that there is a factional dispute between Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim in the team.Tamim made it clear that there is no divide in the team and insisted his relationship with leading all-rounder Shakib was "very normal". "Our team environment has been good for a number of years. A happy dressing room allows one to achieve the type of results that you are seeing," Tamim told reporters at a news conference in Dhaka."I think everything is very normal."Bangladesh Cricket Board president Hassan told Cricbuzz that the environment in the dressing room was not "healthy"."The biggest problem for Bangladesh cricket at the moment is this grouping, and that is the reality....
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Shakib Al Hasan cites Bollywood film in scathing criticism of BCB | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] DHAKA: Bangladesh's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has made a reference to Bollywood movie 'Nayak' in a scathing criticism of his country's cricket board for its failure to market the Bangladesh Premier League.In the movie, Shivaji Rao (Anil Kapoor) is challenged by the chief minister to run the state for a day and solve the problems facing it."If they made me the BPL CEO, it would take me one or two months to correct everything. You have seen the movie Nayak right? If you want to do something, you can do it in one day," Shakib told reporters."I would do the players' draft and auction (on time) and hold the BPL during a free time. We will have all the modern technologies. There will be quality broadcast and home and away venues."BPL, a domestic T20 league, was launched by the Ba...