Tamim Iqbal will become Bangladesh’s seventh Test captain when he walks along with his New Zealand counterpart Kane Williamson for the toss on Friday morning to mark the start of the second and final Test at the Hagley Oval.
However the opening batsman, who led the team for a good part of the opening Test at the Basin Reserve following a thumb injury to skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, could not think of a worst possible scenario to mark his debut in a __more accomplished role.
With three key batsmen out due to injury, the dashing left-hander is left with the uphill task of making his mark with a depleted batting line-up.
Although Tamim said that the aggressive intent in his batting would help him to do well as captain, the sudden elevation put the left-hander in a spot of bother as far as the dress-code is concerned.
And as it stands till today, Tamim is set not to don the trademark captain’s suit, a conventional dress-code for the two captains going for the toss. The immediate option for him to go for the toss would be to sport a white full-sleeve sweater, breaking standard protocol.
He might try to fit in Mushfiqur’s suit, which will be a trouble-shooting venture considering the size of the two players.