On present form and situation Shakib is an ideal choice to captain Bangladesh.
He is performing superbly with the bat and contributing well with the balll as well.
A captain has to lead from the front. Shakib is leading from the front with two majestic knocks in the third and fourth one dayers.
Unlike Ashraful, Shakib is not an impulsive batsmen. Can graft, slowly build the innings and go for the kill at a later stage.
He has already proved to some extent captaincy material when a BCCB Eleven under his captaincy forced a tie with the formidable South African that toured Bangladesh recently
Tammim who has now blossomed into the most consistent batsman of Bangladesh should be groomed as a Vice captain. He is doing well against all opposition and is also a brilliant fielder.
A captain should lead by example. Both Saqib and Tamim are doing consistently well.
Both are also thinking type, bold and Innovative as exemplified with their broad range of shots .
A talented batsman may not be a successful captain and Sachin Tendulkar is a typical example. Saeed Anwar one of the finest opening batsmen the world has ever seen flopped as a captain when given the opportunity. However he was an opening batsmen of super class and performed exceptionally well when not playing as a captain.
Pakistan took a bold step in selecting their present captain Shoaib Malik ahead of senior players like Yousuf, Shahed Afridi. And Shoaib Malik is doing a pretty good job.
South Africa also chose a young captain in Smith overlooking senor players and he is doing very well.
And most recently Dhoni of India was chosen ahead of others and who has turned out to be an exceptional captain beating the Aussies in their own den .
BCCB/SIDDONS have to act quick to have a turn around.
Also give Ashraful a break. Bring In Imrul Kayes who is doing very well against the South African Cricket Academy team which means he is negotiating pace very well which is a weak area of most of our batsmen.
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