The 34-year old, country's most successful skipper, informed during a press conference that he will give the official announcement before the home series against India in May.

"I'm thinking about my one-day career because I want to give the young guys more opportunities. I will officially announce my plan before the India tour but I want to convey my decision to my teammates first," said Bashar.

Explaining the reason behind the decision, the middle order batsman said that he has been thinking about his one-day career only to prolong his Test career.

"It's not that I have had a very poor show with the bat in the World Cup rather I had been thinking before the World Cup. I even talked with some of my colleagues and well-wishers about my plan before leaving the country for the World Cup," he said.

"What I want to concentrate fully on is Test cricket to prolong my career," desired Bashar, who has a very healthy test record with 2838 runs in 42 matches including three hundred at the average of 34.60, a stark contrast with his one-day record (2125 runs in 109 matches at the average of 21.68).

The soft-spoken cricketer was polite enough to admit his poor showing in the shorter version of the game throughout his career.

"I must admit that I have not batted well in one-day cricket throughout my career. But interestingly I have had very good performances for the preceding year except the World Cup," he said.

Bashar has pinned high hopes on the current team and said that it would be a fantastic one after two years.

"A team is not only made in the field but also outside and the beauty of this team is that we are well-integrated both ways. This side plays as a unit. What I only hope is that the same team will play together at least for the next two years," said Bashar while defending the unchanged squad for the India series.

Bashar's decision of quitting the one-day game paves the way for Mohammad Ashraful to get the hot job. But the 22-year old Ashraful, the veteran of 33 Tests and 99 ODIs, however said that the appointment of vice-captain came to him as an additional duty.

"It's just an additional duty. My main duty is to score runs and I want to carry on the good form I had in the World Cup," said an excited Ashraful, who showed a sign of consistency during the World Cup where he played a splendid 87-run match-winning knock against South Africa in the second round.

"I know there is a lot of talking about future captaincy, that's why the coming home series against India would be a big challenge for me. But I always love to take up challenges," he added.