The Bangladesh Cricket Board is likely to announce the captain for the One Day International format when it will hold a board of directors' meeting Tuesday at its headquarters at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
The post has been vacant since Tamim Iqbal stepped down due to injury concern.
Shakib al Hasan, the Test and Twenty20 captain of the side, is the hot favorite to replace Tamim, with BCB president Nazmul Hasan saying Saturday that appointing the ace all-rounder would be the easiest choice.
Liton Das, who was the deputy of Tamim and led the side to a historic 2-1 series win against India last year, was also in consideration along with Mehedi Hasan Miraz.
The BCB basically wants to appoint a captain for the long term.
Shakib earlier led the ODI team from 2009 till 2011, winning 22 matches out of 47, and in selected games in 2015 and 2017.
His overall record of 23 victories as ODI captain is right behind Mashrafe bin Mortaza (50) and Habibul Bashar (29).
The veteran Mushfiqur Rahim is another from the current lot who led the side in 11 wins from 37 games but it is understood that he is unwilling to take up the role again.
As it stands, Liton should be the automatic choice for taking the captaincy role but since the board wants a long term solution, his prospect looks bleak.
"If it's just a matter of one series, we could have given the role to the vice-captain but we want a long term solution therefore we need to have a long discussion," Nazmul said on the day Tamim decided to give up the captaincy.
Tamim in fact retired from international cricket all of a sudden last month but reversed his decision after 28 hours following a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He was then given a six-week rest and in this period, he consulted a physician in London, who gave him two injections to recuperate from the recurring back injury.
As it did not guarantee full recovery, Tamim said it is better to step down as captain.
He was also ruled out of the Asia Cup.
Tamim is expected to return to the side during Bangladesh’s three-match ODI series against New Zealand in September.
Even though Shakib is the obvious choice, the BCB president was in a dilemma as he was not sure if the 36-year old all-rounder will play for two more years.
"Shakib is the easiest choice but we don't know if he will play for two more years. We've to talk with him in this regard," Nazmul said.
Shakib has led Bangladesh in seven ODI World Cup matches, winning three and losing four.
He is also Bangladesh's best performer in cricket's biggest extravaganza.
His 606 runs and 11 wickets in the 2019 World Cup was in itself a unique record that he himself only held.
Meanwhile, it is also highly likely that the BCB could announce a team for the Asia Cup and World Cup if they can decide on captain.
During the time BCB would hold the meeting, head coach Chandika Hathurusingha will arrive in the country to supervise the team.
