Abdur Razzak who is yet to announce his retirement from international cricket has been offered a selectors job by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Razzak a veteran of Bangladesh cricket was approached while he was playing in Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The league has now been postponed because of the Coronavirus pandemic which has hit cricketing activities in the country. Bangladesh Cricket Board is eyeing former left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak to be the third member of the national selection panel, along with Minhajul Abedin and Habibul Bashar, as a replacement for Faruk Ahmed.
Abdur Razzak has played in 13 Tests, 153 ODIs and 34 T20Is between 2004 and 2018 in which the slow left-arm orthodox bowler has claimed 279 wickets. He continues to be a prominent player in Bangladesh’s local league. He has 634 wickets in 137 first-class games and 412 wickets in 280 List-A matches. Speaking about the same the spinner said, “I have to leave cricket for the news jobs. It is not an easy decision. One has to take time to decide about any decision so that he has no regrets,” It was learnt BCB is also considering former left-handed opener Shahriar Nafees and former left-arm pace bowler Manjurul Islam for the vacant post in the selection panel but none of them have been contacted by the board yet.
