FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Bangladesh v England - Second Test cricket match - Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh - 30/10/16. Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (R) plays a shot as England's wicketkeeper Jonathan Bairstow (L) and Joe Root look on. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
(Reuters) - Bangladesh have named all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as test captain in place of Mushfiqur Rahim ahead of the two-match test series against Sri Lanka in January, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Sunday.
Shakib previously led the team for nine tests from 2009 to 2011 and took over the Twenty20 captaincy during the South Africa tour in October, where Bangladesh capitulated in both test matches with Mushfiqur at the helm.
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