The captain could not tolerate the defeat, suddenly left the captaincy of the Test team in the middle of the tour

Frustrated by the defeat, a captain has left the captaincy of the Test team in the middle of the tour. The cricket world is also surprised by this news. In fact, Nazmul Hussain Shanto has left the captaincy of the Bangladeshi Test team in the middle of the Sri Lanka tour after losing the Test series. Bangladesh had to face defeat by an innings and 78 runs in the second Test match against Sri Lanka. With this, the visiting team lost the series 0-1, after which Nazmul Hussain Shanto surprised everyone by announcing to leave the Test captaincy of Bangladesh.

The captain could not bear the defeat

In the press conference after the match on Saturday, Nazmul Hussain Shanto said, ‘I no longer want to work as a captain in the Test format. I have taken this decision for the betterment of the team. I think this will help the team. I have been a part of the dressing room for the last few years. I think three captains (for three international formats) is not wise. I don’t know what the board will think about this. I will support the board’s decision, but this is my personal decision. I think it will be difficult for the team to deal with three different captains.

Suddenly left the captaincy of the Test team

Nazmul Hussain Shanto insisted that his decision should not be seen as emotional or a reaction to the recent series defeat. He said, ‘I want no one to think that this decision is emotional, or that I am disappointed with something. I want to make it clear. This is for the betterment of the team.’ Along with this, Shanto has revealed that he had already informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board of his intention a few days ago.

Captaincy record

Earlier this month, Nazmul Hussain Shanto was removed from the post of ODI captain. Mehdi Hasan Miraz was given this responsibility in his place. Nazmul Hussain Shanto’s tenure as Test captain began in November 2023 with the home series against New Zealand. Under the leadership of Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Bangladesh won four out of 14 Test matches, while it lost nine. Apart from these, one match was drawn.

So far 2189 runs have been scored in Test career

Nazmul Hussain Shanto’s personal performance shone as a captain. As a captain, Nazmul Shanto’s average in Tests was 36.24, while when he was not leading the team, his average was 29.83. In the four Tests that Bangladesh won under Shanto’s leadership, he scored runs at an average of 37.16. Nazmul Shanto started his Test career on 20 January 2017. So far he has scored 2189 runs in 70 innings of 37 Test matches at an average of 52.64, which includes seven centuries and five half-centuries. Shanto has also played 49 ODIs and 50 T20 matches. Talking about the second test played in Colombo, Bangladesh scored 247 runs in the first innings, in response to which Sri Lanka scored 458 runs on the basis of a century by Pathum Nissanka (158). In response, Bangladesh was reduced to just 133 runs in the second innings. In this match, captain Nazmul Shanto played innings of eight and 19 runs.