Rating the Bangladesh Test captains so far

5 Naimur Rahman

Naimur Rahman

Bangladesh’s first Test captain will always be part of cricket quiz questions in the years to come but as a captain, his stint was a forgettable one. He captained the team in 7 Tests from the year 2000 to 2001 and lost 6 of them, drawing one.

Having lost to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and an away series in Zimbabwe, the team's nadir was reached in 2001 when Zimbabwe beat them at home. Rahman’s form as an off spinner and lower-middle order batsman had also dipped by the time and the selectors had no option but to sack him.

It is hard to rate him highly but then again there were very few international quality cricketers in the team at the time. Even that solitary draw was an achievement by their standards then.