Khaled Mahmud ready to work with nat’l team

Khaled Mahmud Sujon reiterated his desire to be the part of the country's national team's coaching set up after stepping down from the director post of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports BSS.
"I myself told the BCB president that since I am a coach I am ready to work with the national team," Mahmud told the reporters here on Thursday.
"If they think I am capable, and if they give me the responsibility, I am ready. I don't know what the situation is now because the country is going through changes. But yes, since my profession is coaching, if there is such an opportunity, I am definitely interested in working for Bangladesh
cricket."
Khaled Mahmud Sujon used to coach regularly while he was the board director. He was also the interim head coach of Bangladesh at times. He worked in different roles in the national team at different times. Although there was lot of criticism about his role in national team despite being a director and there was conflict of interest, he continued to work by paying no heed to the critics.
Khaled Mahmud Sujon has left the board director's role after the political change on August 05. Now he is the head coach of Dhaka Capitals in this year's BPL.
There was also criticism over not giving opportunities to local coaches in the national team. However, the BCB has recently taken the initiative in this regard as well by appointing Mohammad Salauddin has been as the senior assistant coach of the national team.
Mahmud said that he does not see much difference between local and foreign coaches.
"The language of coaching is the same everywhere. They speak in a foreign language, we speak in a local language. This is the only difference," Mahmud said.
"Is the square cut (a cricket shot) different for Sachin Tendulkar or WG Grace? The cricketing technique is same. So it is not a problem. Our problem is, which I have been saying for a long time. When I worked at BCB, I told the then president, you should actually reduce the gap in terms of local and foreign coaches."
"I said the idea that a foreign coach is always good for our cricket should be dropped. Today there are many coaches in Bangladesh, including Salahuddin, who are experienced. I believe that it started with Salahuddin and this is a good thing."
He also heaped praise on Salahuddin for his good work with the players during the West Indies tour.
"Salahuddin was able to make an impression in the West Indies tour. I think that if we can work for a long time, we will be able to have more influence and we will be able to see more Bangladeshi coaches working with the national team. We have many coaches. BCB can think about them too. I do not believe that we need to bring a fielding coach or batting coach or bowling coach from outside."