BCB unlikely to extend selection panel's tenure
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is unlikely to continue with the current selection panel as they mull a complete overhaul, BCB officials said on Tuesday.
Minhajul and Habibul Bashar were contracted till June 2019, reports Cricbuzz.
According to BCB sources, board's higher-ups decided not to renew the contract of Minhajul and Habibul Bashar and it is unlikely to change their decision unless something drastically happens before the next BCB directors meeting, scheduled on July 27.
Minhajul was expected to travel to Sri Lanka for the upcoming three-match ODIs, but was informed on Monday that BCB is not keen to send him to make an assessment on the team performance during their stay there. The performance of the national selection came under scrutiny after the dismal performance of the Bangladesh A team in the ongoing series against Afghanistan A where the hosts lost the four-day series, and are trailing 0-2 in the five match series of the 50-over games.
However, Minhajul remained optimistic about his chances of continuing as the chief selector while adding that Bangladesh A teams performance should not be a criterion to judge their performance considering they had to make lot of changes just to prepare the BCB XI that is participating in the four-day competition in India.