Captaincy is not a burden- Mahmudullah
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah said on Saturday that captaincy is not a problem for him as he had done it before in absence of Shakib al Hasan, who had received a one-year ban for failing to report.
Mahmudullah led Bangladesh in a Twenty20 International for the last time when Shakib was nursing a finger injury.
While Shakib was first ruled out of the Nidahas Trophy, he recovered well to take the captaincy role from Mahmudullah midway through the tri-series.
Now with the year-long ban in place for the first time, it looks that Mahmudullah will have a decent run as the leader of the side.
"You can't fill the Shakib void because he wasn't made in one day. It's built over 12 years," said Mahmudullah.
"I don't think captaincy is a burden. I've done it before when Shakib was injured."
Mahmudullah said that he is looking forward to the experienced pace bowlers to do the job for him.
Bangladesh have the worst economy and average since the last T20 World Cup among full members apart from Ireland and if you take only pacers, their economy is the worst and average is only better than Ireland again among full member nations.
"Our fast bowling department is experienced and the onus is much more on our batsmen," he said adding that he is looking forward for the batsmen to lay the foundation for the bowlers.
"We have to be much more consistent in our batting and we have to put big scores on the board. We need to work on getting enough runs on the board and build a foundation for our bowlers.
