Asia Cup 2022: Rating captains based on captaincy in the tournament

Shakib Al Hasan - 3.5/10

The poster boy of Bangladesh cricket, Shakib Al Hasan was handed over the captaincy just before the Asia Cup. With his team failing to win the T20I and ODI series against Zimbabwe, the pressure was always there from the supporters. They of course failed to live up to the expectations as Bangladesh were ruled out of the Asia Cup following their back-to-back defeats in the hands of Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

After taking up the responsibility, Shakib clarified that the team can’t change so quickly but they’ll start a pattern. However, at this moment, the team dynamics is still missing. After a poor last couple of months, Mushfiqur Rahim retired from T20I cricket and thus, it proves that the team lacks clarity. 

As the captain of the side, Shakib needs to address this. Only then, they’ll see positive results on the field. It wasn’t a happening tournament for the side but some of the decisions Shakib made were questionable. For example, not sending in-form batter Mosaddek Hossain up the order was a very bad decision from the skipper.