Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced on Thursday (June 12) that Mehidy Hasan Miraz will replace Najmul Hossain Shanto as the national ODI captain. The surprising decision comes less than a month ahead of three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to begin on July 2.
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Mehidy Hasan to replace Najmul Hossain as Bangladesh ODI captain
Mehidy Hasan's first assignment in-charge as Bangladesh's new ODI captain would be the three-match series in Sri Lanka next month. © Getty
With this move, the BCB has once again reverted to different captains for different formats, a formula they followed earlier when Tamim Iqbal led the ODI side while Mominul Haque and Mahmudullah captained in Tests and T20Is respectively. Currently Najmul is leading the country in the longest format, while Litton Das is the T20I skipper.
Najmul, who recently stepped down from T20I captaincy in order to concentrate on his batting, was all set to continue as ODI captain though the board think-tank felt otherwise.
Najmul, who scored 1565 runs averaging 34.77 in 49 ODIs including three centuries and 10 fifties, made 564 runs in 13 ODIs that he captained in, averaging 51.27. Najmul lost nine games and won four during his tenure as 50-overs captain of Bangladesh.
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