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Abdur Razzak. Photo Credit: Twitter.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has offered Abdur Razzak a post in the selection panel of the national side. The post was left vacant following the exit of Faruque Ahmed.

Ahmed’s departure has left the BCB selection panel with two selectors and the board was in the look-out for the third member.

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Abdur Razzak (Credits: Twitter)

Akram Khan, the Chairman, Cricket Operations, told a local newspaper that they approached Razzak and he has taken time since he was playing in Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League recently.

BCB Offers National Selector Role To Abdur Razzak:

“I have told Habibul Bashar to give Razzak our proposal. Razzak is taking time as he is playing in the league.He may want to play longer as well,” Khan, a former Bangladesh captain, said.

“Yes, they have contacted me. I wanted some time to decide about this. I have told them that I will let them know after the premier league matches. League matches are postponed now. I can think about this now,” Abdur Razzak told the local media, cricfrenzy.com reported.

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Bangladesh Cricket team (Credits: Twitter)

Abdur Razzak Has Been A Legendary Figure

Razzak, 37, has been a reputed name in the country’s cricketing circles and the board was interested to hire him as a selector.

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Abdur Razzak
Abdur Razzak (Credits: Twitter)

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.

Razzak 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.

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