Tamim replaces Mashrafe as ODI captain
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named Tamim Iqbal as the new captain of the ODI side. The opener will replace Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who had been captaining the side since 2014 in what was his second stint.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan announced Tamim as the captain during a press conference at the BCB offices in Mirpur this evening. The board president informed that although they were initially thinking of a short-term solution, they later went with the decision to hand Tamim the captaincy for the long haul.
"We had thought of naming a captain for the short-term but after discussions on the matter in a board meeting, we have decided that we will appoint Tamim as the captain for the long term," Hassan said during the press conference today.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza had earlier stepped down the captaincy following the third ODI against Zimbabwe. He had announced a day before the third ODI that he would be stepping down. Tamim's first assignment as captain will be the one-off ODI against Pakistan on April 1 in Karachi.
Tamim's appointment as ODI captain means that Bangladesh once more have three separate captains for the three different formats of the game, with Mahmudullah Riyad leading in T20Is and Mominul Haque in Tests.
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