Bangladesh cricket team recently won the Test series by defeating Pakistan in a two match Test series at their home. Now Bangladesh cricket team has to play a two match Test series on India tour from 19th September, but before that there is chaos in Bangladesh Cricket Board, in which their board director Khalid Mahmud has resigned from his post. Apart from Mahmud, some other members of the board have also decided to leave their posts.
The impact of the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh was seen on the cricket board
Khalid Mahmud, who is a former player of the Bangladesh cricket team and has also played the role of interim coach of the team for some time, took over the post of president after winning the election against Gazi Ashraf in the year 2013. According to the news of Cricbuzz, Khalid Mahmud, who was completing his third consecutive term as director, has decided to resign from the post before the completion of his current term in view of the political changes in the country. Mahmud has also played his responsibility as Game Development Chairman for the Bangladesh Cricket Board for a long time and during this time the Under-19 team of Bangladesh also won the ICC Under-19 World Cup in the year 2020. Apart from Khalid Mahmud, the names of Jalal Yunus, Shafiul Alam Chowdhury and Naimur Rahman are among those who resigned from their posts from the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
The team is yet to be announced for the India tour
Bangladesh is scheduled to play a two-match Test series against India from September 19, for which the team has not been announced by the board yet. Last week, the BCCI announced the team for the first Test match of this series to be held in Chennai, in which some senior players including Virat Kohli have also returned to the team.
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