Bangladesh cricket team will be led by left-handed batsman Mominul Haque in the two-match Test series away to Pakistan, and the solitary Test against Zimbabwe at home, confirmed national selector Minhajul Abedin to the media Friday.
Mominul was entrusted with the responsibility after the ban of regular captain Shakib al Hasan and the former skippered the Tigers in the two Tests against India at their backyard.
Minhajul said, “Like the last two Tests, Mominul will continue to lead the side in the next three Tests. We are depending on him.”
The Tigers will leave here for Pakistan Tuesday for the second phase of their tour where the two teams will take on each other in the first Test in Rawalpindi, slated to begin Friday.
Bangladesh will then return home and take on the African nation in the lone Test at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, scheduled to be held from February 22-26.
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The Tigers will then travel to Pakistan for the second and final Test, starting on April 5 in Karachi.
Ahead of the first Pakistan Test, Minhajul said they would announce the 14-man squad Sunday.
And Minhajul said they would form the squad keeping the bouncy Rawalpindi wickets in mind.
“Conditions there are tough. And Pakistan have quite a few good pacers. We will be up against a difficult challenge,” said Minhajul.
