Faruque Ahmed becomes the new President of BCB after the resignation of Nazmul Hasan
Faruque Ahmed has been elected the BCB president after a board meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday following Nazmul Hassan's resignation. Faruque is the first BCB president to have played any competitive cricket. He played seven ODIs between 1988 and 1999 and led Bangladesh in the ICC Trophy in 1994.
Faruque joined the BCB chiefs' gathering after the Public Games Committee (NSC) designated him and Nazmul Abedeen Fahim as their chiefs in the board.
The NSC had supplanted their occupant chiefs Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam with Fahim and Faruque; Yunus surrendered on Monday however Alam didn't leave, requesting that the NSC go in their due direction.
The BCB meeting, held at the NSC office, was gone to by chiefs Mahbubul Anam, Khaled Mahmud, Akram Khan, Salauddin Ahmed, Kazi Inam Ahmed, Iftekhar Ahmed and Fahim Sinha. The other 16 chiefs, including Hassan, have been absent from Dhaka since the Awami Leauge government fell on August 5.
During the gathering, Fahim was enlisted as the subsequent NSC-named chief. From that point forward, one of the BCB's signatories was changed from Ismail Haider Mallick to Fahim Sinha. Mallick was viewed as Hassan's nearest partner in the board, and the most impressive chief. He was the money board of trustees seat, showcasing panel bad habit seat, and secretary of the BPL administering chamber. Mallick is one of 16 board chiefs missing from Dhaka.
The chiefs were likewise educated about the change regarding setting for the Ladies' T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE, however the BCB stays the hosts of the competition.
BCB Chief Nizam Uddin Chowdhury informed the participants that Hassan had formally left his situation as president. Right away subsequently, the current chiefs collectively chose Faruque as the new boss.
After his playing days, Faruque served two terms as boss selector. He was in control from 2003 to 2007. He was credited for introducing another time in Bangladesh cricket, giving breaks to Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, among other youthful players. He returned as boss selector in 2013 yet surrendered in 2016 when Hassan chose to extend the determination board to incorporate mentor Chandika Hathurusinghe and Bangladesh group director Khaled Mahmud in the determination board.
Hassan, who has likewise been the nation's games serve since this January, was one of the few board authorities who had direct political associations with the Awami Association. Hassan has been an individual from parliament beginning around 2009.
Among the 16 board chiefs missing, Shafiul Alam was a serving Awami Association MP, Naimur Rahman was a previous MP, and AJM Nasir Uddin was Chattogram's city hall leader. Two of the board chiefs, Najib Ahmed and Sheik Sohel, are cousins of previous state leader Sheik Hasina.
Hassan got down to business as the BCB boss in 2012 after AHM Mustafa Kamal passed on the job to take the ICC VP's post. After a year, he turned into the BCB's initially chosen president after The board revised its constitution following a High Court administering, making ready for the president to be chosen by the directorate. Already, the public authority named the BCB president.