|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh’s former technical director Khaled Mahmud said on Sunday that he is ready to step down from BCB’s director post if he is given the head coach role on long term basis to avoid conflict of interest.

Mahmud was appointed as team’s technical director during the tri-nation involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and the following bilateral series against Sri Lanka in 2017.

BCB appointed Khaled to guide the team following their former head coach Chandika Hathurusingha's departure in the middle of his tenure to join the Sri Lankan side in the same capacity.

Mahmud became the first director-cum-coach in world cricket but not without any criticism attached to it as there were allegation of conflict of interest.

Mahmud had been on the receiving end since being appointed as team director considering he is also involved in several other capacities in Bangladesh's cricket landscape.

It went to such an extent that Mahmud decided to step down from the post ahead of the series concluding two-match Twenty20 series.

During that time the exclusion of Mossadek Hossain in the second Test and he subsequently joining Abahani Limited to play in the Dhaka Premier League, country's leading club based 50-over tournament, came in for a lot of criticism given Mahmud's association with the club in the during that edition of the tournament.

Mahmud said then that he is not interested to continue as the team director of Bangladesh as it was getting dirty with the media labelling him to exercise his power at the expense of conflict of interest.

Bangladesh is going through a similar crisis at this point of time after BCB recently parted away with their head coach Steve Rhodes terming it as mutual separation and according to BCB sources Mahmud is the front runner to fill the post on interim basis.

However, Mahmud said that he is quit from the BCB director’s post if board offers him the head coach role for a long term basis.

‘’I am ready to step down as BCB director if board offers me the role for a long term basis,’’ Mahmud told Cricbuzz on Sunday after conducting an intense batting session with Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Mithun at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Last time there was lot of talks regarding conflict of interest when I was appointed as the team director so I feel that if I am given the role of the head coach on long term basis it is better to step down as BCB director to avoid such criticism,’’ he said.

Look you cannot be a decision maker as well as be an employee of the board,’’ he said.