Bangladesh’s chief cricket selector resigns

squad for the one-day tourna­ment starting in Dhaka on Sunday.
“Tamim was in our team because he is one of the best batsmen we have in Bangladesh,” Khan, a former national captain, told AFP. “But the president dropped him from the final list. His regular interference in team selection has made top players wor­ried about their place in the national squad. I have resigned because I was not enjoying my job.”
Tamim, a nephew of Khan, is widely regarded as Bangladesh’s best bats­man. He won the Wisden Cricketer magazine’s Test Player of the Year award in 2010.
Tamim, who turns 23 later this month, has scored 3 115 runs in 109 one-day matches since his debut in 2007. He also has 1 748 Test runs from 24 matches. But he was stripped of the vice-cap­taincy after Bangladesh’s tour of Zim­babwe last year, reportedly due to indiscipline and arguments with the team management.
BCB spokesman Jalal Yunus con­firmed Khan’s resignation. The board president, a ruling party lawmaker, could not be reached for comment as he is away in England.
Khan has been the chief selector of the national team for the last eight months.