Eoin Morgan will "100 per cent" return as England's one-day captain in India early next year but will be under pressure to rediscover his form quickly after the emergence of younger batsmen against Bangladesh.
Once the England management gave Morgan and Alex Hales the option of skipping this tour for security reasons they left no choice but to pick both for the one-day series in India in January, otherwise they would look vindictive.
Jos Buttler has captained well in Morgan's absence, leading the team with real authority on and off the field in difficult circumstances. The security has been claustrophobic at times and Bangladesh chippy opponents on the field.
But Morgan has plenty of credit in the bank for playing a major role in reinventing England's one-day cricket and has built a close-knit team who will not hold his decision to skip this tour against him.
It is also inconceivable England would swap their captain so soon before another International Cricket Council tournament, with the Champions Trophy to be held in England next summer.
But Ben Duckett and Sam Billings have shown there is real depth to England's batting and Morgan can ill afford another lean time with the bat.
India will be a tough series for England in the new year and Morgan struggled there in the World Twenty20 last year but does have vast experience of playing in the subcontinent from his Indian Premier League days.
"He will definitely be captain when we go to India," said Paul Farbrace, the England assistant coach. "He deserves it. The team is continually improving and getting better and he has been the leader who has enabled so many people to play that way.
"We no longer go into one-day series hoping to win, we go into one-day series expecting to win. When you play for England it's about winning. It's not about 'We played really nicely but we lost', if we lost the game last [Wednesday] night, any good word would be undermined by the fact that we didn't win the series.
"Morgs is the leader of this team but it has been great for Jos to have the experience. At least we now know if Morgs breaks his finger or pulls a hammy Jos is ready to go.
"I don't think you could get a tougher series to start off as captain because there has been as much said about off-field stuff as on-field stuff. That includes a couple of spats that have gone on in the game and he has coped with that well."
Farbrace revealed that Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal had apologised to Jason Roy, after the two became involved in a bust-up during the handshakes after the bad-tempered second one-day international in Dhaka. Farbrace admitted some England players lost focus in Dhaka as they responded to Bangladesh baiting but kept their cool in the series decider.
He said: "There was determination to win and everything was channelled in the right way. That is a great sign for a team of young people that in two or three days they have learnt their lesson and coped with it well."