The 25-year-old left-hander has been leading the Test side through a challenging period. It is being said that Najmul has already sent an official letter to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) informing them of his decision to step down as the Test captain.
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Meanwhile, Najmul Hossain Shanto decided to step down from his role after the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka, after a sudden and surprising move by the BCB. Actually, the BCB removed Shanto as Bangladesh’s ODI captain without any warning, which made him consider quitting Test captaincy.
Najmul Hossain Shanto shocked at being removed as ODI captain
The news came as a huge shock. Najmul Hossain Shanto was about to meet Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons to plan for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka. But before that meeting could happen, BCB cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedin called and told him that he was no longer ODI captain.
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Aminul was quoted as saying in Bangla Daily Kaler Kantho, “Coming to Shanto's point, his captaincy was not taken away; rather, the decision was taken with everyone's consent in the board. We decided to have a new and different plan. As we are currently playing lots of matches of all formats, we wanted to go with three different captains.
"It was our plan that one of us would talk to Shanto. That person later reported that he did his job and Shanto received the decision quite cordially. Maybe the situation went differently because of some false news and misunderstanding. To conclude, there are two sides to this situation: the decision was taken with the consent of everyone on the board, and Shanto took it sportingly.”
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