Faruque Ahmed was elected as the new BCB president after Nazmul Hassan resigned during a board meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday. Faruque becomes the first BCB president with competitive cricket experience, having played seven ODIs from 1988 to 1999 and captained Bangladesh in the 1994 ICC Trophy.
Ahmed joined the BCB board after the National Sports Council (NSC) nominated him and Nazmul Abedeen Fahim as their directors, replacing Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam. Yunus resigned on Monday, but Alam did not, leading the NSC to make the changes. The BCB meeting at the NSC office saw the presence of directors Mahbubul Anam, Khaled Mahmud, Akram Khan, Salauddin Ahmed, Kazi Inam Ahmed, Iftekhar Ahmed, and Fahim Sinha, while the other 16 directors, including Hassan, were missing following the fall of the Awami League government on August 5.
During the meeting, they appointed Fahim as the second NSC-nominated director and replaced BCB signatory Ismail Haider Mallick with Fahim Sinha. Mallick, a close ally of Hassan and a powerful director, was notably absent from the meeting.
The directors learned that the Women’s T20 World Cup venue would shift from Bangladesh to the UAE, though Bangladesh will still host the tournament.
Hassan officially resigned from his role, and the board unanimously elected Faruque as his successor. The board elected Faruque Ahmed as the new BCB president after Nazmul Hassan resigned during a meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday. Faruque becomes the first BCB president with competitive cricket experience, having played seven ODIs from 1988 to 1999 and captained Bangladesh in the 1994 ICC Trophy.
