President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hasan on Wednesday said that Akram Khan will continue as the chairman of the cricket operation department of BCB for now.   “Akram did not say that he is going to resign,” Nazmul said. “Akram said the final decision is expected from me. He also said there is a lot of work in the cricket operation committee and he has no objection if he is appointed in another post.” Read:Akram Khan set to resign from his BCB post, reveals family A day earlier, Akram’s wife revealed that he is going to resign from his BCB post so he can spend more time with the family.   However, former BNgladesh captain Akram told the media on Tuesday that he was expecting Nazmul to make a decision about his future at BCB. He didn’t elaborate why he suddenly needed the board president to make the decision about his future.  “We will form the new committees on December 24, and we will decide if Akram will continue as the chief of the cricket operation or not. Currently, he is working as the head of this committee on an interim basis,” Nazmul added.  It’s understood that after the T20 World Cup debacle of Bangladesh, the board was overlooking Akram in many ways. Read:BCL: Central Zone on verge of second win Sources close to him said he was not informed well when the team has started preparation ahead of the Pakistan series at home. He was not also consulted when BCB has asked Mohammad Salahuddin to take the role of the assistant coach at BCB.  These things might have played a big role for Akram and his family to decide to quit.  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) with support from the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) will hold a friendly T10 Cricket match on Tuesday marking the forthcoming World Peace Conference’2021 in Dhaka. The match will kick off at 10 am at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium here.  Read:Chattogram Test: Shaheen puts pressure back on Bangladesh Two teams -- Team Harmony and Team Unity -- studded with former national cricketers will compete in the match.

The defeat in Bangladesh’s first match in the T20 World Cup against Scotland left president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)  Nazmul Hasan shocked. He said failure of three seniors was the main reason behind the defeat.  Ahead of Bangladesh’s second match in the World Cup against the hosts Oman, Nazmul said it would be impossible for Bangladesh to do well if the three seniors— Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad— continue to play like this.  Read:Bangladesh to take on Oman in crucial clash Tuesday “We have never thought that we could be defeated against Scotland,” Nazmul said in Oman. “We have lost practice matches against Sri Lanka and Ireland. That was fine because we didn't have Shakib, Mahmudullah and Mustafizur Rhaman in those matches. No team can expect a win without their key players. But in the match against Scotland we had everyone. So it was unexpected.” Bangladesh failed to have a good start while chasing a moderate target of 141. Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar opened the innings, but failed t0 deliver a strong foundation. Nazmul said it can happen in the matches, but what the next three batters did was horrible. “Let’s not speak about the first two batters,” Nazmul said. “The way our batters did after the dismissals of the first two batters was the reason behind the defeat. We won’t be able to chase in the World Cup if we play like this— every player of the team knows it. We have to change our batting approach in order to do well.” Read:‘Heart destroyed seeing two defeats yesterday’: Mashrafe In the powerplay, Bangladesh were able to score only 25— 4.16 runs per over, which was one of the main reasons for Bangladesh's shocking defeat. Nazmul said the Tigers should exploit the chance of scoring more runs in those overs.  “I didn’t understand the plan of our team,” Nazmul added. “Many of our batters were caught at the boundary line. We have to play those shots during the first six overs. You cannot play those shots when there are many fielders at the boundary lines.”