Bangladesh sack captain, vice-captain
The Bangladesh Cricket Board sacked national team captain Shakib Al
Hasan and vice-captain Tamim Iqbal on Monday following the squad's
unsuccessful tour of Zimbabwe.
``Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal have been relieved of captaincy and
vice-captaincy as their leadership was not satisfactory," Jalal Yunus,
BCB media director, told AFP.
``They failed to lead the side during the tour. There are reports of
indiscipline against Shakib. In certain areas, Tamim breached
discipline. He argued with the head coach."
Bangladesh were defeated in their only Test match against Zimbabwe
and then lost the five-match one-day series 3-2. Yunus said a new
captain would be named before the West Indies tour of Bangladesh in
October.
Shakib, 24, and Tamim, 22, are the best Bangladesh cricket players to
have emerged on the international scene, winning Wisden cricket
magazine's international player of the year in 2009 and 2010
respectively. Left-arm spinner cum batsman Shakib was named regular
captain of Bangladesh in November last year after he led the cricketing
minnows to a 4-0 one-day whitewash of New Zealand as a stand-in captain.
DHAKA, Tuesday (AFP)
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