Bangladesh pacer Jahanara Alam has come down heavily on national team selector Manjurul Islam, complaining of mismanagement and alleged bias. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury confirmed that the senior fast bowler, who was dropped from the Bangladesh squad for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers. She has written a letter to the board listing his grievances.

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A few days back, when Bangladesh announced the squad for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) qualifiers starting January 18, 2022, in Malaysia, Alam’s name came to the attention of the reserve. As per a Cricbuzz report, the 28-year-old had sent a letter to the board before the team was announced.

Jahanara Alam has apprised BCB about different incidents that took place within the team from their camp at the residential camp in Sylhet last year till the ICC World Cup qualifier. (Cricbuzz)

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Chaudhary was quoted as saying-

Choudhary has said that the board will look into the matter and the concerns raised by the senior pacer. “Yes, we have received a letter from him (Jahanara). And we will look into it and take necessary steps keeping everything in mind,” he said. When a cricketer of Jahanara’s stature tells us anything naturally it was taking seriously and we will try to find out the truth about his observation.”

Several cases of misbehavior–

The same report further stated that a BCB official alleged that Alam was dropping from the Commonwealth Games qualifiers squad on grounds of behavior. The official also said that there have been several cases of misbehavior by the fast bowler during the Zimbabwe tour.

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Alam not selected in the main team

Bangladesh played three matches against Zimbabwe and three in the Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifiers. Alam’s performance was not bad. I was even more surprised when she was not selected in the main team for the CWG qualifiers.

Speaking about the letter– Alam has alleged that national selector Manjurul Islam and select members of the team management are “partisan”. The letter also mentioned several incidents within the team.

On the other hand, the team management has said that there is a division within the players, groups are forming.

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The dispute between Alam and the management has come at the very wrong time. With the Commonwealth Games qualifiers starting later this month. This is followed by the World Cup in New Zealand in March, Bangladesh’s first appearance.

Despite all this, a BCB official has said that she remains an important member of Bangladesh’s plans. “We have decided to drop him as we wanted to send a message to everyone. But that doesn’t mean everything is going for him. As he is very much in our World Cup planning,” the official said.