Mahmudullah ready to take over the captaincy
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||CF Correspondent||
Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah said on Wednesday that he is ready to lead the side if there is an opportunity for him to do so.
Bangladesh regular captain Shakib al Hasan had already expressed his desire of not taking the responsibility of the captaincy.
As a result Bangladesh will need a new skipper if Shakib decides to step down as the leader of Tigers in the Test format and Mahmudullah can call himself as a front runner for the position considering he had led the side in absence of Shakib on quite a few occasions.
‘’It’s not a challenge rather the responsibility [to lead the side] is an honor. I should not comment on what’s going on in someone’s mind,’’ Mahmudullah told reporters after the match.
‘’But if there is a chance[to lead the side] than why not,’’ he said.
Coming to the pros and cons from the 24-day-long schedule between the two sides – starting with the one-off Test followed by the T20I series which also involved Zimbabwe, perhaps it was Bangladesh that would need to look into the must dos going ahead.
The humiliating 224-run defeat in the Test followed by a 25-run defeat when they met Afghanistan in their first encounter of theT20I series, Bangladesh somewhat redeemed the situation with a win in their second match by four wickets.
However, the Tigers were looking forward to win again and clinch the trophy so that they may get a boost from their current dilapidated situation before they travel to India in November.
The tour will involve Bangladesh’s start to the ICC Test Championship taking on India in a two-match Test series followed by a three-match T20I series.
“I personally believe we have played good cricket in T20I series [winning three in four matches played]. There are departments that we need to work on and our coach [Russell Domingo] already spoke about it to the media [on Tuesday]. Hopefully we will be able to work on it in before going into the next series,” said Mahmudullah
“In most of the matches we lost early wickets which are not the ideal position to be in a T20 match. We spoke of these things as a group. As players we need to be responsible to have improvement in the concerned areas. We have to have sharp decision making. Against India we need to play our top game otherwise it will be difficult for us to beat them,’’ he said.
