Bangladesh cricket in turmoil: 4 directors resign, BCB chief says he'll be 'last to go'

The situation wrong the Bangladesh Cricket Board has deepened, with aggregate resignations from its committee adjacent earlier completing six months successful office, raising questions implicit its stability.Seven retired of 25 directors person already stepped down, including 4 who resigned aft Saturday’s committee meeting. The exits person accrued uncertainty astir the aboriginal of the existent administration.

Despite the situation, BCB president Aminul Islam said connected Sunday that helium volition not measurement down. His remarks came arsenic an probe into alleged malpractice and maltreatment of powerfulness successful past year’s predetermination has submitted its study to the Bangladesh government.The committee is facing unit from the sports ministry, which has questioned the validity of the election, Bangladesh’s lack from the T20 World Cup co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, and allegations of governmental interference and favouritism wrong the BCB.The 4 directors who resigned connected April 4 are Saniyan Taneem, Mehrab Alam, Faiazur Rahman and Manjurul Alam."I volition beryllium successful my chair, what other tin I do? I volition beryllium the past idiosyncratic to go," Aminul told Jamuna TV connected Saturday arsenic quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

"I person a precise good, dedicated and honorable squad [in the BCB]. I privation to service Bangladesh cricket with this team.""Nobody is indispensable. I was the lone [Bangladeshi] to enactment successful the ICC. I americium not saying I americium thing huge, but I americium sitting present due to the fact that of my experience. I near everything to beryllium present to enactment my country. If this is nary longer mine, I volition look astatine different path. But I privation to enactment my country.""Our squad (board of directors) are bully and they are dedicated and honorable truthful I privation to enactment with this squad and service Bangladesh cricket," helium said.

"We could not enactment with state for 1 time arsenic an outer unit was ever disturbing america and inactive doing that. Our cricket is stagnant and I person said a batch of times that an outer unit is disturbing america and due to the fact that of that the gait of our cricket has slowed down."Aminul said helium could not look earlier the probe committee owed to a clash successful schedules and alternatively submitted a written response."I did not look the committee. I was engaged successful 2 abstracted meetings, truthful the dates clashed with their docket for me.

I gave them my reply successful writing," helium said. "I was not progressive with thing [in the committee elections]. I was progressive successful 1 area, which is present nether investigation. I volition not spell into the details, but I tin conscionable accidental that the ad-hoc committee runs the territory sports organisation, according to our constitution.

It is intelligibly stated that the names [of councillors] should travel from wrong the ad-hoc committee.""When lone 3 names came from wrong those ad-hoc committees, we were forced to constitute to them again.

We said that delight nonstop the names from wrong your ad-hoc committee. This is the lone happening I was progressive in," helium added.Aminul was appointed BCB president successful May 2025 aft replacing Faruque Ahmed arsenic the government-endorsed manager connected the board. He aboriginal contested the elections successful October and was elected president.Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal had alleged malpractice and maltreatment of powerfulness against Aminul and withdrew from the predetermination race.