Khaled Mahmud is no longer BCB director after announcing that he has stepped down from the above post today.
Khaled Mahmud has officially stepped down from his post as BCB director. He has become the third big exit after Jalal Yunus and Naimur Rehman.
It is believed to be understood that Mahmud informed the board of this decision via an email, and not personally.
In the current scheme of things, Mahmud held the post of BCB game development chairman. He was also the vice-chairman of cricket operations.
Throughout the course of his 18-year-long career, Mahmud has held various posts in and around the BCB.
A few months after announcing his retirement as a player in 2006, Mahmud became Bangladesh’s team manager. Three years later, he was appointed assistant coach under Jamie Siddons. He was then appointed board director in 2013. However he kept coaching BPL and DPL teams simultaneously
He returned as Bangladesh’s manager in 2015, after which he also became a selector. He then became technical director in 2017 effectively also acting as the de facto head coach.
His multiple roles raised conflict of interest questions, but Mahmud continued nevertheless.
Mahmud has had a lot of success in several roles. He is known as one of the architects of Bangladesh’s Under-19 World Cup win in 2020. As a coach, he won the BPL with Dhaka Dynamites in 2016, and several DPL titles with Abahani Limited.
Mahmud played 12 Tests and 77 ODIs for Bangladesh in his playing career. He captained the side for 9 tests and 15 ODIs but did not win a single game when in charge. His biggest moment was in the 1999 World Cup, where he was player of the match in Bangladesh’s win over Pakistan.