Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has been appointed as the new One Day International captain for the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan confirmed this to the media Friday afternoon.
"Shakib is the captain for the Asia Cup, New Zealand series and World Cup," said Nazmul.
"He is the obvious choice. Who else can lead? But we had to talk to him before appointing him. Nobody should think anything else. Shakib is the captain. He was always the main choice.
"We have to know his long-term plan. I spoke to him on the phone (Thursday). But it is better if we talk to him in person since he is busy with a franchise league currently.
"We will also talk about which format he will keep leading, whether it is all three formats or one or two of them."
Shakib, Liton Das and Mehedi Hasan Miraz were the frontrunners for the hotseat after Tamim Iqbal stepped down from the role due to injury concerns last week.
Bangladesh will begin their Asia Cup campaign against Sri Lanka in Kandy on August 31.
Bangladesh are pitted in Group B along with the Lankans and Afghanistan while Pakistan, India and Nepal are in Group A.
After the Asia Cup, Bangladesh will play a home ODI series against New Zealand in September before travelling to India for the ODI World Cup.
The World Cup is scheduled to take place in India in October-November this year and Bangladesh will start their campaign against Afghanistan on October 7 in Dharamshala.
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).
