Former Bangladesh captain Minhajul Abedin Nannu has been appointed as the new chief selector, two days after former chief selector Faruk Ahmed resigned from his post.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan announced this in a press conference at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, former national skipper Habibul Bashar, who was recently named the selector of the Bangladesh women's team, made a return to the national selection panel.
“I would like to thank the BCB for giving me the opportunity. We will continue to work in the same process, which we have been doing, and try to take Bangladesh cricket further forward,” said Nannu in his prompt reaction to the media.
“If there were indeed any interferences, we wouldn't have been able to work in the last five years. I think the new system is more like what we have been doing previously where we approve the team from the cricket operations committee chairman (Akram Khan) and then the board president,” he added.
Former chief selector Faruk had earlier opposed the new selection process, saying, “I won't be able to work in the new selection process as the selectors should be able to work independently, which is not the case here.”
