Khaled Mahmud was appointed as Bangladesh's team director late last year. © Getty

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud said, on Monday (February 12), that he had lost interest to work with Bangladesh cricket team following the media reports targetted against him in recent times.

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

Mahmud is currently the chairman of BCB game development committee while being involved in coaching capacities at different clubs and franchises. Prior to his appointment as team director, a section of media labeled it as a conflict of interest.

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 ongoing edition.

"I am not interested to continue with Bangladesh cricket team," Mahmud told reporters ahead of the series concluding two-match T20I series. "Recently it is turning out to be dirty and I am not interested to work in this atmosphere."

Mahmud also expressed his disappointment over losing the Test series as he felt the hosts had the ability to win against Sri Lanka. However, Mahmud didn't blame the wicket as a major reason for their debacle in the second Test.

"I am not ready to put any blame on the wicket. Both teams played on the same surface and there are several examples in the match that suggest it was nothing like totally unplayable.

"Basically it is like a viral disease... like if someone comes up with something like it was not the ideal wicket, suddenly he is joined by 10 other who seem to agree with that logic and sense applied for judging the surface, and whether it served the purpose or not."

Mahmud added that the team is desperate to make one last attempt to change their fortunes in the series after having been humbled in both Tests and ODIs. "I am confident to put up a good show as there are several newcomers who can come up with some surprising element to get over their opponent.

"Shakib [Al Hasan] might not be available but if [we] can put up a unified effort, anything is possible," concluded Mahmud.