"You can only properly judge how good a captain is during fielding. Whether someone can put pressure on his opponents is a general criterion to judge whether someone is a good captain. The reality for the Bangladesh Test captain is that he has to fight with a gun that has no bullets," opined Ashraf.
"Do you think we have a quality bowling attack? Our bowling is ordinary and the funny thing is that we expect attacking mentality from a captain who has been given a team with eight batsmen. So, our problem lies with our thinking.
"Basically we are still a coach-dependant team, so first thing is we have to give our captain liberty. I would like to see Mushfiqur not making comments like 'it's a team decision'. Actually Mushfiqur is a helpless leader. And he doesn't have any magic wand by which he can change everything overnight," he went on, adding that the selectors should announce a 12-member team for a home series to avoid last moment controversy.
He said that there had been mistakes in Mushfiqur's captaincy but removing him is not a good solution. "Yes, he made mistakes but to change him is not a solution, rather the people concerned should talk to him about his flaws. He also needs to be open-minded to rectify his mistakes. It would be unwise to forget that he is our best batsman and most consistent performer, which is a primary criterion for a skipper," said Ashraf.
Another former captain Roquibul Hasan also echoed Ashraf's sentiments.
"At this moment we cannot think about any change to the Test captaincy. We have to continue with Mushy. Yes he might have made some mistakes and to some extent he lacks imagination as a captain, but he is still young and I believe he will make it up," hoped Roquibul.
"I don't know what's going on inside, but we need to make sure two things happen; the people concerned should talk to him regularly regarding his captaincy and he should be open-minded so that he accepts criticism and learns," he added.
Former cricketer-turned-commentator Athar Ali Khan believed that there was room for Mushfiqur to improve on his captaincy and he also was not in favour of bringing any changes. "Who is his contender? Nobody is. If you look at his success you will not at all be frustrated. However, Mushfiqur has to be careful and has to analyse his performance as a captain.
"I feel that there is no scope of bringing any changes in Test captaincy, rather we have to give our full effort to help Mushfiqur improve his performance as captain. And another thing is that we have to think how to mould a better leader for the near future," he said.
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