Bangladesh cricket authorities yesterday sacked wicket-keeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim as one-day international captain and replaced him with injury-prone paceman Mashrafe Mortaza.

Mushfiqur, however, will continue to lead the Test side, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan announced after a BCB directors’ meeting.

“Mushfiq (Rahim) is our best batsman at the moment. At the same time he also needs to lead the team and do the wicketkeeping job. This is a tremendous pressure for him,” Nazmul said. “So we relieved him of some of his duties.”

Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan were appointed vice-captain for the Test and ODI sides respectively.