National team selector Hannan Sarkar resigns

Within just a year of taking office, national selector Hannan Sarkar has resigned from his position at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in order to give priority on his coaching career.

He submitted his resignation to Nazmul Abedin Fahim, the head of the men’s cricket operations committee and the women’s wing.

In the resignation, Hannan stated that he will continue working as a selector till the end of this month.

“There are no other reasons behind resigning his position as selector. Everything was going fine. But I felt that coaching is my future career. I feel that I can contribute more from this position to Bangladesh cricket through coaching,” the former national team batter said.

Hannan, who represented Bangladesh between 2002 and 2004 in 17 Tests and 20 ODIs, completed his Level 1 and Level 2 coaching courses from the BCB in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

The 42-year-old previously worked as batting coach and assistant coach in tournaments like Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Bangladesh Cricket League and Bangladesh Premier League while he also worked as a head coach for Dhaka Metro in the National Cricket League 2014.

Before joining as a national selector, Hannan was an age-group selector from July 2016 to February 2024 and during his charge, Bangladesh U-19 men’s cricket team won the ICC U-19 World Cup for the first time in South Africa in 2020.