Sakib al Hasan will be Bangladesh\u2019s third captain on a disappointing tour of South Africa as they seek to regain some pride in two Twenty20 internationals, starting in Bloemfontein today.
\nBangladesh\u2019s all-time leading all-rounder was reappointed T20 captain after a seven-year gap following the retirement from the format of Mashrafee bin Murtaza.He takes over a squad that has already suffered humiliating defeats in two Test matches and three one-day internationals.
\nSo poorly have Bangladesh performed that Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim and one-day skipper Mashrafee were unable to hide their frustration in comments to Bangladesh media.
\n\u2018I am not able to motivate my players or guide my bowlers,\u2019 Mushfiq was quoted as saying after the Tests.
\nMashrafee said after the one-day games that \u2018neither the batsmen nor the bowlers took responsibilities\u2019.
\nWhile Bangladesh\u2019s batsmen were always expected to struggle in South African conditions, the bowlers have been the most conspicuous failures on the tour.
\nIn two Tests and three one-day internationals, the bowlers have captured only 23 wickets at a combined average of 100.21.
\nWith no new faces in the T20 squad and leading bowler Mustafizur Rahman having returned home because of injury, Sakib appears to have the odds stacked against him.
\nSouth Africa, though, will be without inspirational captain Faf du Plessis, who suffered a lower back disc injury in the final one-day international, which will keep him out of action for six weeks.
\nJP Duminy, who had a win and two losses against Australia in his only previous experience of captaincy three years ago, will take over.
\nThe hosts have rested two of their leading bowlers, Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir.
\nThe South Africans lost a T20 series against Sri Lanka last season
\ndespite outclassing them in the Tests and one-day games.
\nWith South Africa fielding an unusually inexperienced bowling line-up, Bangladesh\u2019s batsmen will hope to seize the opportunity to make a strong finish to the tour.
\nSouth Africa\u2019s batting looks formidable,
\nhowever, and the Bangladesh bowlers will need to perform far better than they have in previous matches if they are to contain them.<\/p>\n

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