Before the last visit to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh had won only one of the 12 matches in the short format T20. Captain Mahmudullah Riyad was removed from the leadership due to such bad performance of the team.
Star batsmen like Mahmudullah Riyad and former captain Mushfiqur Rahim were rested in the Zimbabwe series. Tamim Iqbal, the country's best opener, retired from T20I earlier in shame.
Nurul Hasan Sohan was made captain for the T20 series as Shakib Al Hasan was on leave for the tour of Zimbabwe. As he was injured in the second match of the series, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat was made the captain in the last match and Mahmudullah Riyad was returned to the team.
Shakib Al Hasan was made the captain of the T20 team in view of the Asia Cup to be started in the United Arab Emirates on August 27 and the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October-November.
Shakib was the captain of the Test and T20 teams until he was banned in the fixing scandal in 2019. The country's best all-rounder has once again led the Test and T20 teams.
Regarding regaining the captaincy, Shakib said that it is always a matter of pride to be able to represent the country. I feel very happy, excited and ready for new challenges.
Former Indian all-rounder Sriram, who worked as an assistant coach in the Australian national team for 6 years, has joined the Bangladesh team as a technical consultant ahead of the T20 World Cup.
However, Shakib said, "We don't think there is much to expect here." Since he (Sreeram) has been with a team like Australia for five years, and our World Cup is also in Australia, his experience will come in handy. It is difficult to say how much it will be useful in the Asia Cup.
Shakib also said, what I said is that here we all have a responsibility from each place. If all of us, from the coaching staff to the support staff, including the BCB, can work together, then I think a journey will begin.