Bangladesh cricket के गलियारों में... एक बार फिर leadership की बिसात बिछ चुकी है। बाहर से यह सिर्फ captains बदलने की चर्चा लग सकती है... लेकिन भीतर, यह एक ऐसे chapter की शुरुआत है जिसमें एक team अपने future को नए सिरे से लिखने की तैयारी कर रही है। Bangladesh Cricket Board, यानी BCB, across-format captaincy के रास्ते से हटकर... red-ball और white-ball cricket के लिए अलग-अलग leaders की व्यवस्था बहाल करने पर विचार कर रहा है। Wednesday, July 29 को Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium में होने वाली scheduled board meeting में यह proposal directors के सामने रखा जाना है। अंतिम फैसला अभी बाकी है... लेकिन कहानी का केंद्र साफ दिखाई दे रहा है। Litton Das... Bangladesh के मौजूदा T Twenty International captain... white-ball setup की command संभालने के सबसे मजबूत दावेदार बन चुके हैं। अगर board directors approval देते हैं, तो Litton, Mehidy Hasan Miraz से O.D.I. captaincy लेकर... O.D.I. और T Twenty International, दोनों white-ball formats की planning अपने हाथ में ले सकते हैं। दूसरी ओर, Nazmul Hossain Shanto... Test captain बने रहेंगे। यानी एक तरफ Shanto red-ball cricket की लंबी, धैर्यपूर्ण लड़ाई के सेनापति होंगे... और दूसरी तरफ Litton white-ball cricket की तेज, बदलती, दबाव से भरी दुनिया को दिशा देंगे। यह फैसला केवल roles बांटने की administrative exercise नहीं है। इसके पीछे workload, tactical clarity, dressing-room communication, और format-specific preparation का बड़ा सवाल छिपा है। BCB sources के अनुसार, board ने एक समय Shanto को O.D.I. captaincy वापस देने के विकल्प पर भी विचार किया था। वही O.D.I. leadership, जो पहले उनसे लेकर Mehidy Hasan Miraz को दी गई थी। लेकिन फिर सोच बदली। Board के भीतर यह भावना मजबूत हुई कि Shanto को Test side पर पूरा focus दिया जाए... जबकि Litton white-ball cricketers के साथ एक अलग blueprint तैयार करें। यहां से कहानी और गहरी हो जाती है। Mehidy Hasan Miraz को June 12, 2025 को Bangladesh का O.D.I. captain बनाया गया था। April में उनका tenure, 2027 O.D.I. World Cup तक बढ़ा भी दिया गया। कागज पर यह long-term trust का संकेत था... लेकिन मैदान पर, खासकर overseas O.D.I. matches में, results उम्मीदों तक नहीं पहुंचे। Mehidy की leadership में Bangladesh ने देश से बाहर खेले गए 13 O.D.I. matches में सिर्फ दो जीत दर्ज कीं। आंकड़े कभी शोर नहीं करते... वे बस चुपचाप फैसलों का वजन बढ़ा देते हैं। अब वही दो जीत, 13 matches की लंबी पंक्ति के बीच... BCB के leadership review की सबसे कठिन पृष्ठभूमि बन गई हैं। Litton Das का नाम इसलिए आगे है क्योंकि वह पहले से T Twenty International setup की command संभाल रहे हैं। उनके पास white-ball group के साथ planning continuity है। अगर O.D.I. role भी उन्हें मिलता है, तो Bangladesh के limited-overs structure में एक ही strategic voice बन सकती है। Selection, batting roles, fielding standards, match tempo, और pressure management... इन सब पर एक unified vision तैयार हो सकता है। Litton के साथ एक और नाम quietly उभर रहा है... Towhid Hridoy। वह फिलहाल T Twenty International team में Litton के deputy हैं, और उम्मीद है कि O.D.I. setup में भी वही भूमिका निभाएंगे। Hridoy को BCB future leadership prospect के रूप में देख रहा है। हाल की T Twenty International series में Zimbabwe और Australia के खिलाफ उन्हें captaincy का अनुभव मिला। Zimbabwe के खिलाफ opening match हारने के बाद... Bangladesh ने वापसी की, series को दो-एक से जीता, और Hridoy ने उस turnaround में team को lead किया। यह सिर्फ result नहीं था... यह pressure के बाद response की परीक्षा थी। ऐसी परीक्षाएं young leaders को designation से ज्यादा पहचान देती हैं। Bangladesh का captaincy इतिहास भी इस मोड़ को और दिलचस्प बनाता है। एक समय Najmul Hossain Shanto तीनों formats की command संभाल रहे थे। फिर उन्होंने T Twenty International captaincy छोड़ी। Litton को T Twenty International leadership मिली। बाद में O.D.I. captaincy Shanto से लेकर Mehidy Hasan Miraz को दी गई। इस तरह Test में Shanto, O.D.I. में Mehidy, और T Twenty International में Litton... तीन अलग captains का experiment शुरू हुआ। अब वही experiment खत्म होने की दिशा में बढ़ता दिखाई दे रहा है। इससे पहले 2022 में भी Bangladesh के पास तीन captains थे। Shakib Al Hasan Test side को lead कर रहे थे, Tamim Iqbal O.D.I. team के captain थे, और Mahmudullah T Twenty International setup की command संभाल रहे थे। इतिहास फिर सामने खड़ा है... लेकिन इस बार उद्देश्य तीन leaders बनाना नहीं, तीन से दो की ओर लौटना है। अगर proposal मंजूर होता है, तो Bangladesh cricket की leadership map साफ हो जाएगी। Shanto... red-ball focus के साथ। Litton... white-ball authority के साथ। Hridoy... अगले leadership cycle के संभावित उत्तराधिकारी के रूप में। और Mehidy... एक ऐसे captain के रूप में, जिनका tenure 2027 O.D.I. 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Bangladesh cricket is standing at the edge of another leadership transition... the kind that appears administrative from a distance, yet carries the power to reshape an entire era. The Bangladesh Cricket Board, widely known as the BCB, is preparing to reconsider the structure at the top of its national teams. The board is expected to move away from the across-format captaincy arrangement and restore separate leaders for red-ball and white-ball cricket. The proposal is scheduled to be placed before the directors during the board meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, July 29. Nothing is official until the directors approve it... but the outline of the next chapter is already becoming visible. Litton Das, the current T Twenty International captain, has emerged as the front-runner to take control of Bangladesh's complete white-ball operation. Subject to board approval, Litton is expected to inherit the O.D.I. captaincy from Mehidy Hasan Miraz, while Nazmul Hossain Shanto continues as Test captain. In one decisive structural move, Bangladesh could divide its leadership world into two carefully defined kingdoms. Shanto would remain responsible for the measured, demanding theatre of Test cricket. Litton would guide the faster, more volatile landscape of O.D.I. and T Twenty International cricket. This is not merely a redistribution of titles. It is an attempt to create clarity... clarity of preparation, clarity of communication, clarity of tactical identity, and clarity of responsibility. According to the available information, the board initially considered returning the O.D.I. captaincy to Shanto. That possibility carried a certain symmetry, because the role had previously been taken away from him. Yet the BCB appears to have stepped back from that path. The emerging view is that Shanto should be allowed to concentrate fully on leading the Test side, while Litton plans and grows with the white-ball group. The logic is simple, even if the consequences are not. Modern international cricket demands different instincts from different formats. Test captaincy rewards patience, long-form planning, and the ability to control a match that changes over days. White-ball captaincy requires immediate calculation, sharper tempo control, and the courage to make decisions before pressure becomes visible. By separating those responsibilities, Bangladesh may be trying to give both formats a leader whose attention is undivided. At the centre of this proposed change stands Mehidy Hasan Miraz. He was appointed Bangladesh's O.D.I. captain on June 12, 2025, replacing Shanto. In April, the BCB extended his tenure through to the 2027 O.D.I. World Cup, a decision that suggested stability and long-term faith. But international cricket has a brutal way of placing every promise beside the scoreboard. Under Mehidy's leadership, Bangladesh struggled to produce the results expected in the fifty-over format, particularly away from home. Across 13 overseas O.D.I. matches under his captaincy, Bangladesh managed only two victories. Those numbers do not erase the value of the player... but they inevitably shape the future of the captain. A board can defend a plan for only so long before results begin asking questions in a language no committee can ignore. Litton's advantage is continuity. He already leads the T Twenty International side, and he already works closely with the core of Bangladesh's white-ball cricketers. If the O.D.I. captaincy is added to his role, selection planning, batting responsibilities, fielding expectations, and tactical philosophy could all be built around one central voice. That kind of continuity can matter deeply for a team searching for identity. Yet leadership planning is not ending with Litton. Towhid Hridoy, currently Litton's deputy in T Twenty Internationals, is expected to hold the same position in O.D.I. cricket. The BCB is reportedly viewing the middle-order batter as a future leadership prospect. Hridoy recently captained Bangladesh in T Twenty International series against Zimbabwe and Australia. Against Zimbabwe, his team lost the opening match, then responded with a two-one comeback series victory. That recovery carries significance. Leadership is not only revealed when a plan works immediately. It is revealed when the first plan fails... and a young captain must find a second one before confidence disappears. Bangladesh has travelled through several captaincy structures in recent years. Shanto once led across formats before stepping down as T Twenty International captain. Litton then took charge of the T Twenty International side. The O.D.I. captaincy was later moved from Shanto to Mehidy, creating three different captains across the three international formats: Shanto in Tests, Mehidy in O.D.I. cricket, and Litton in T Twenty Internationals. That experiment now appears close to its conclusion. The proposed model would reduce three captains to two, creating a red-ball leader and a white-ball leader. Bangladesh has seen a similar multi-captain landscape before. In 2022, Shakib Al Hasan led the Test side, Tamim Iqbal captained the O.D.I. team, and Mahmudullah was responsible for T Twenty Internationals. The present debate therefore feels both new and familiar... another attempt to discover the leadership structure that best fits the country's cricketing ambitions. If the directors approve the proposal, the future map will be clear. Shanto will remain the guardian of Bangladesh's Test identity. Litton will become the architect of its white-ball plans. Hridoy will continue his apprenticeship near the centre of power. Mehidy's period as O.D.I. captain may reach an unexpected turning point, despite the earlier extension running toward the 2027 O.D.I. World Cup. The final decision still belongs to the board. Litton is the front-runner, not yet the confirmed white-ball captain. But the momentum of the story is unmistakable. Bangladesh is not simply choosing between names. It is choosing between philosophies. One philosophy asks a single captain to carry every format. The other accepts that red-ball and white-ball cricket now demand separate minds, separate rhythms, and separate strategic worlds. On Wednesday, July 29, the directors may decide which future Bangladesh will enter. Until then, Litton Das waits at the threshold... Shanto remains anchored to the red-ball mission... and an entire cricket nation watches a leadership story gather weight before the official verdict. 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