BCB won't negotiate with Faruque - Nazmul Hassan

BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said the board will not negotiate with Faruque Ahmed, who resigned as chief selector on Sunday. Hassan said the BCB hadn't received an official resignation yet.

Faruque announced his resignation after the board of directors restructured the selection panel, expanding it to six members comprising the three original selectors, the Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, and two BCB representatives in cricket operations chairman Akram Khan and director Khaled Mahmud, who is also the Bangladesh team manager. Faruque said the new selection process would be a hindrance.

Hassan insisted that Faruque had worked under a similar system when he took over as chief selector for his second stint in 2013.

"He hasn't officially informed me or the board," Hassan said. "He has been working under the same system all this time. I don't see any difference now and I don't know where the problem is. This is not a new system and we are not changing anything as the team is doing well. I think I now have to ask him whether the teams he gave [for approval] wasn't changed. We had to sit in many meetings with the selectors before every single game.

"There is no scope for negotiation. Did we get a better pace bowling coach than Heath Streak? We didn't negotiate with him when he wanted to leave."

Hassan said Faruque's success was a factor in his appointment as chief selector to the three-member panel.

"I like Faruque," Hassan said. "We have respected his past record by keeping the chief selector's post. But he can resign if he doesn't agree with it. There's no need to create any problems or spread confusion. I don't want to do it but if I am pushed, I will tell everyone directly what happened."

Questions were raised after Mahmud's controversial inclusion in the selection committee, but Hassan said his role was to only provide strategic input.

"The manager is not in the selection process," Hassan said. "The team will be picked by the selectors. Before every series, the coach and manager will only inform the selectors of their requirements. The selectors will pick the team with those in mind.

"Tamim Iqbal or Shakib Al Hasan never came to me [for selection matters], only [Khaled Mahmud] Sujon comes to me. We could have included the captain in the selection committee instead of the manager. Since the captain is happy with the inclusion of the manager, the selectors shouldn't have a problem with him."