Newly appointed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Aminul Islam Bulbul is drawing on his extensive experience as a former Game Development Manager at the International Cricket Council (ICC) to usher in a new era of reform in Bangladesh cricket.
Speaking at a press conference following BCB’s third board meeting under the current administration on Monday, Bulbul outlined a series of ambitious initiatives key among them being a new strategic framework titled the ‘Triple Century’ programme. As part of this initiative, the long-dormant BCB Award Night is also set to return, having last been held in 2006.
The board meeting began at 3pm and ran for nearly six hours. At 9:15pm, Bulbul appeared before the media alongside BCB Media Committee Chairman Iftikhar Rahman Mithu to unveil details of the Triple Century initiative.
Speaking on the new programme, Bulbul explained:
“The three pillars of Triple Century are: 100 percent performance, 100 percent class, and 100 percent reach. There are four key programmes under this umbrella, with the central aim of transforming BCB into a world-class organisation. To that end, we have developed a new organisational structure. It retains previous roles while introducing new ones. The entire board has agreed to implement this programme.”
One of the most significant outcomes of the Triple Century initiative is the return of the BCB Award Night. Designed to boost morale and recognise excellence among players and those involved in cricket, the ceremony will now be reinstated as a long-term event.
“This is part of the Triple Century programme,” Bulbul said. “Under the ‘High Performance for All’ agenda, we’ll relaunch the Cricket Award Night to raise motivation and confidence among players and cricket personnel. This won’t be a one-off event — the plan is to continue it over the next four to five years.”
Under the same programme, BCB recently celebrated the silver jubilee of Bangladesh’s entry into Test cricket with an event outside its Media Plaza. Bulbul, Bangladesh’s first Test centurion, noted this event was also a symbolic launch of a wider decentralisation strategy.
“Through the ‘Connect and Grow’ programme, we marked 25 years of Test cricket in Bangladesh. Using that as a platform, we’ve initiated decentralisation in seven regions. We’ve already engaged local administrations and sports associations to explore how we can take this further.”
Bulbul also emphasised the importance of integrating local coaches into the development pipeline — from grassroots to national level.
“We discussed how district-level coaches will contribute to cricket development at the upazila (sub-district) level, how they’ll report to divisional coaches, and how those divisional coaches will report to the central authority in Dhaka,” he added.
Major decisions from BCB’s third board meeting include:
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Recruitment of new members to the men’s and women’s selection panels
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Launch of an Athlete Management System
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Establishment of a Turf Management Unit
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Creation of dedicated Coaching and Umpire Education Wings
Additionally, BCB aims to quickly make several grounds match-ready, including two fields at the National Cricket Ground in Purbachal and both the main and outer grounds of the Shahid Ria Gop Stadium in Fatullah. The board also plans to build a state-of-the-art High Performance Centre between the two Purbachal grounds, equipped with modern facilities for players.
The board reconfirmed its decision to hold the next edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) between December 2025 and January 2026.