The Bangladesh Cricket Board BCB is in a precarious position as a result of the nation’s current political climate. The butterfly effect has negatively impacted Bangladesh’s cricket system, raising concerns among the country’s sport authorities.
Nazmul Hasan, the president of the BCB, is running out of time after the Awami League administration collapsed. When the board of directors of BCB meets on August 21 at the Youth and Sports Ministry, it is expected that the seasoned organizer will announce his resignation as Bangladesh Cricket Board president.
Nazmul convened the meeting, which will be attended in person and remotely. He will be reporting to the directors about his resignation.
In addition, BCB must resolve certain difficulties in order to have everything in order. For example, Sazzadul Alam, the chairman of the tournament committee, has voiced his dissatisfaction about not being invited to the upcoming board of directors meeting because he hasn’t resigned from his position yet.
Sazzadul is not prepared to step down, as Jalal Yunus did, according to a previous report from Cricbuzz. He stated that he was awaiting word from the National Sports Council on this matter, as they were nominated as board directors via them.
Sazzadul told Cricbuzz on Tuesday, “I have not resigned (from BCB), and as far as I understand, my tenure runs until October 2025.”
“(Despite not resigning) I haven’t received any notice from the board to attend the board meeting,” he stated.
The NSC may designate two of its five councilors as directors on the 25-member board of directors, as stipulated by the constitution.
It is acknowledged that the NSC and the BCB are in communication regarding the management of the board, and in accordance with their policies, it is anticipated that the directors nominated by the NSC will continue to serve on the board.
The constitution does not, however, expressly state whether or not the NSC may compel a councilor to resign and whether person not this action will be seen as an indication of government.
A second BCB director attested to Cricbuzz that they were informed of the board meeting at the Ministry through a message in their WhatsApp group. He reportedly received a photo of the notification letter via his WhatsApp number later from a board member asking him to attend the meeting.
Although neither Bangladesh Cricket Board nor NSC have yet to clarify their positions regarding Sazzadul’s directorship, holding the board meeting in the ministry is undoubtedly something to think about, as the decision itself raises the possibility of some sort of government intervention that compelled BCB to do so.
If that’s the case, Bangladesh Cricket Board may pay a heavy price for it since the International Cricket Council, the organization that oversees the sport, may not be amused by any form of government meddling in board operations.
Similar fines were recently imposed by the ICC on Sri Lanka Cricket, although they were later released when SLC persuaded them that the government had no role in their board operations.
The seasoned board director Sazzadul observed, “This is unusual and unprecedented,” when his attention was called to the board meeting in the ministry.
Another BCB official stated that they would have to resolve the matter if the ICC wanted to see the holding of a BCB board meeting in a ministry as a form of government meddling.
“There is no hard and fast rule that the board meeting needs to happen at the BCB, before this we have hosted the meeting at Dhaka club, Sylhet Rose Views, and the hotels we have agreements with such as Pan Pacific,” stated the official.
But holding the board meeting at the ministry doesn’t feel appropriate. He said, “The government body of sport will also be well aware that there is change in the entire country that could have prompted us to host the meeting in ministry. If the ICC interprets it as government interference, then they can do it.”
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