(31.54) Test captain Shakib returns
Shakib Al Hasan's first Test as captain was in July 2009, against West Indies at Grenada St George's. Just 9 years later, in the second innings of the Test captain, his opponents were also in the Caribbean. The game is also in the West Indies soil However, the venue is separate-antigua.
In December last year, Shakib returned to T20 as well as the Test side. But due to injury he could not play Test series against Sri Lanka in January-February. The second innings of Test captaincy is going to start with the West Indies.
Bangladesh tour of West Indies under Mashrafe Bin Mortaza in 2009 But Mashrafe returned to the country after being injured in the first Test, led by co-captain Shakib on his shoulders. Bangladesh win the two-match Test series Tigers won 95 in the first Test and four wickets in the second Test. That was Bangladesh's first Test series win outside the country.
Then Bangladesh played 6 Tests with the West Indies. But five times have to lose by big margins. Hosts could only draw in Chittagong in 2011.
Test captain Shakib is returning to the West Indies on Wednesday. Bangladesh won the series 9 years ago. This time he is captain. Then will the story of another series win on Caribbean soil be written?
The job is difficult, though. Bangladesh won the 2009 championship with the West Indies. The Bangladesh series boycotted the national team's cricketers in disagreement with the West Indies Board on salary and bonus. The Caribbean Board was forced to form a team with the players out of the national team. There is no problem in winning the Test and ODI series of Bangladesh.
Compared to 9 years ago, the Bangladesh team is now a lot of experienced, a lot. One of the most memorable success of the one-day series, Australia-England-Sri Lanka has been defeated in Tests. Shakib, who has captained 9 Tests, is optimistic about the success of the West Indies, saying, "I do not think much about captaincy. I think it will be easier to captain this time than ever. Because, our team is much better than before. '
Tigers start going for a new era with Antigua Test Bangladesh will play the first international match in Antigat under new coach Steve Rhodes. Test captain Shakib's second innings and coach Rhodes's first match-new berth will be the success of the red-green party?