Former national captain Akram Khan said on Wednesday that he had submitted his resignation letter as the national chief selector on September 18 before accepting councillorship from the Chittagong division.
Akram’s aim is to run as a candidate for the board of directors in the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board elections, but he could not do so as a paid selector.‘I submitted my resignation letter to the board president on September 18,’ Akram told reporters on Wednesday, ‘It is now their decision whether to grant [my release] or not, but I don’t want to renew the agreement.’
Akram’s three-month extension as the chief selector will end on September 30, but the former captain said that he would prefer, on ethical grounds, to resign without waiting for his term to end.
He also said that he did not want to be a councillor from the National Sports Council quota like some other former cricketers, as he felt an obligation to his home division Chittagong, a former cricketing hub that now has very few representatives in the national side.
He was also not concerned about a potential family feud even though Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir, who is married to Akram’s younger sister, was the other contender for Chittagong Division’s councillorship.
‘In 1997, when we brought the ICC Trophy for the nation, the people in Chittagong gave me a special tribute. At that time, I promised the fans that if I get an opportunity I
will try to do something for Chittagong cricket,’ Akram said.
‘Now I have got the opportunity to do something for Chittagong,’ he added.
-With New Age input
