Nafees appointed Bangladesh vice-captain by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	Shahriar Nafees
Event:	ICC Champions Trophy 2006/07

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DateLine: 29th August 2006

 

Youngster Shahriar Nafees was on Tuesday described as Bangladesh's captain-in-waiting after being appointed Habibul Bashar's deputy for the Champions Trophy in October.

 

Nafees, 20, was promoted to vice-captain in a provisional 18-man squad for the 10-nation tournament to be played in India from October 7 to November 5.

 

Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive, Mahmudur Rahman, said: “The idea is to groom Nafees for the captaincy to succeed 34-year-old Bashar," Nafees, who earlier led Bangladesh's under-19 squad, will complete his first year in Test cricket in September.

 

Bangladesh will name the final 14-man squad on September 5.

 

Provisional squad: Habibul Bashar (capt), Shahriar Nafees (vice-capt), Rajin Saleh, Javed Omar, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud, Alok Kapali, Tushar Imran, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafee Bin Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain, Forhad Reza, Abdur Razzak, Sakib Al Hasan and Mehrab Hossain.