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Mominul must decide on captaincy issue


Published : 30 May 2022 08:09 PM

Runs are not coming from Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque’s bat. He is not able to be the hero of resistance after the batting collapses one after another. On the contrary, he is also seen beating in the procession. His captaincy is also in question due to the run drought. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will talk to batsman Mominul about whether he wants to remove the pressure of captaincy in this situation.

After the loss in the second Test against Sri Lanka, BCB chief Nazmul Hasan Papon said they would hold open talks with Mominul. The issue of whether Mominul should be the captain or not may also come up in this discussion.

The team has been announced with him as the captain for the upcoming West Indies tour. Therefore, there is no possibility of change of captaincy for the time being. However, such a thing cannot be blown away at the end of the West Indies tour.

Cricket Operations Chairman Jalal Yunus told the media at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday that when the BCB chief returns from India, they will sit down for a discussion. Maybe he is having trouble inspiring the rest as he himself is struggling with the bat. Maybe that's why the pressure is getting higher. It can also have an effect on batting. Maybe he will decide which one is better for him. We have to sit down with it. Let the president come, I will talk about it. '

The day the cricket operations are talking like this, this batter is fighting to get himself back on the other side of the field. He is feeling the hard times of his career. The Test captain worked with BKSP cricket adviser and former coach Nazmul Abedin Fahim on technical issues.

Fahim later told the media that Mominul has been going through a bad time for a long time. 'I have worked on the basic aspect. It looks better than before. It would be better to work for one or two more days. It is very difficult to bat at this stage if you go beyond the basics. I think he will do much better in the future. '

Mominul has scored a total of 176 runs in the last 15 innings at an average of 12.56. 12 times he could not reach the double digit of runs. After scoring 2 runs in Chattogram, he scored 9 and 0 runs in two innings of Dhaka Test. The question is whether he should be given a rest from captaincy.

Fahim thinks that it is very normal for this pressure to come if you don't get runs. Since he is not doing well, he is under pressure. He himself has to answer that question. There will be a little pressure. '