New Test captain Shakib Al Hasan with co-captain Litton Das

Eventually, the rumor came true. Shakib Al Hasan is the new captain of the Bangladesh Test team. After three long years, the world’s best all-rounder has regained the leadership in white. Wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das has been appointed as his co-captain. The decision was taken at an official meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday.

After Mominul Haque expressed his reluctance to continue as the Test captain, the issue of who will be the new captain came up for discussion. Where Shakib’s name has been practiced the most. In the end, this responsibility fell on his shoulders. The Shakib-Litton duo is going to take charge of the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Earlier, Shakib was banned by the ICC in 2019. Then the leadership went to Mominul. The Tigers’ biggest success under his leadership was the Mount Manganui Test win against New Zealand a few days ago. Besides, there is no success in the possession of captain Mominul. Mominul also lost rhythm with the bat at this time.

A few days ago, Mominul’s team returned from South Africa after a very bad performance. After the series loss against Sri Lanka at home, the pace of criticism increased. Mominul himself ended his captaincy. On May 31, he informed the BCB president that he did not want to be the captain anymore. Appreciating Mominul’s decision, the board walked towards the new captain.

Earlier, in 2009, Shakib got the Test captaincy for the first time after Mashrafe Mortaza got injured. During that period, he led a total of 9 Tests till 2011. Then, in 2016, Shakib was replaced by Mushfiqur Rahim who led in 5 Tests. In total, Bangladesh has won three of the 14 matches played under Shakib’s leadership. Now, it is time to see how Shakib-Litton will do in the new term.