BCB Cup is to Test the Captains

National Team Captain Mushfiqur Rahim in a Training Session With His Coach

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will test the waters during the BCB Cup which begins today, as they wait on naming the new national captain.
Chief selector Akram Khan informed that the board have decided on Mushfiqur Rahim as the captain of the national side (Abdur Razzak his deputy) during the season opener while Mahmudullah Riyad will lead Bangladesh A with Junaed Siddiqui the vice-captain.
But the former national captain also made it known that it won't be just Mushfiqur and Riyad who will captain the two teams.
"We will see how they perform, but we will try out other options during this tournament," Akram said yesterday.
This confirmation would stop speculation, at least for a few days, and the focus will return to cricket as the BCB Cup will get underway with the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy taking on the national side at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Mahmudul Hasan, the only confirmed captain in the tournament, said that his young side will look to win every match. "We will try to take it game by game. The team will bank on individual performances to get the best out of the team," said the all-rounder, who had to learn the new ODI rules as it would be employed during the tournament.
Two new balls from each end, the Batting Powerplay to be taken before the 40th over and the discontinuation of the ball change by the 35th over were all explained to the three captains, coaches and umpires.
The one-day tournament is touted to be a season opener from now on, though BCB's lack of consistency in holding competitions is well known.

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