Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Khalid Mehmood resigned from his post, and BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chaudhry confirmed his resignation.
The latest development comes after Jalal Younis and Naeemur Rahman resigned from their posts on the Bangladesh Cricket Board, and Ahmed Sajjad Alam was removed from the post in the past few weeks, sports website Cricinfo reported.
The former Bangladesh captain emailed the cricket board yesterday to inform them of his decision after serving as a director at BCB for 11 years.
Before stepping down, Khalid Mahmood was the BCB’s chairman of game development and vice-chairman of cricket operations, having held various roles on the board over the past 18 years.
A few months after announcing his retirement as a player in 2006, Khalid Mahmood became the manager of the Bangladesh cricket team. Three years later, he was appointed assistant coach under Jamie Siddons and then became the board director in 2013.
He also coached in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and Dhaka Premier League (DPL).
Khalid Mahmood returned as Bangladesh’s manager in 2015, after which he was also given the responsibility of selector. In 2017, Khalid Mahmood became the technical director of Bangladesh after Chandika Hathor Singhe stepped down.
He was appointed Bangladesh’s interim coach for the 2019 ODI series in Sri Lanka and continued as Bangladesh’s team director until the 2023 World Cup when he first expressed dissatisfaction with the role.
He also achieved a number of achievements in the responsibilities given by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He was instrumental in winning the Bangladesh Under-19 World Cup in 2020, at which time he was the Head of Game Development.
Coaching Dhaka Dynamites in 2016, he led his team to the BPL champions and won several DPL titles, including the 2023–24 season with Abhani Limited.
Khalid Mahmood represented Bangladesh in 12 Tests and 77 ODIs, winning the Player of the Match award in Bangladesh’s famous victory over Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup.
He led Bangladesh in nine Tests and 15 ODIs, although the team did not win a single match under his leadership. However, in the Multan Test in 2003, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by one wicket in a thrilling match. Khalid Mahmood’s role was very important; he took seven wickets in this match.