Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul has denied reports that he asked the International Cricket Council to stop funding the BCB, rejecting a claim first reported by Cricbuzz.
Earlier on Thursday, reports said that Bulbul had sent a nearly 14 page letter to the ICC earlier this week. The letter questioned the legality of the current BCB leadership, sought his reinstatement as BCB president and requested the ICC not to provide financial assistance to the BCB.
The ICC had informed the board about the letter. A source claimed the BCB discussed the matter with its legal team before sending a reply to the ICC.
Hours later, Bulbul issued a statement strongly denying the allegation.
“I have seen reports claiming that I asked the ICC to stop funding Bangladesh. That is completely false. I would never make any request that could harm Bangladesh or its cricket in any way,” Bulbul said in a statement shared with Abu Sadat.
He also alleged that a group had been spreading false information about him for a long time.
“This syndicate has been behind these false claims for a long time. When I was working in Bangladesh, they targeted me every single day. They tried to turn every lie into the truth, but they failed every time, and they will fail this time as well.”
There have been some recent changes in the BCB. The National Sports Council dissolved the Aminul led board on April 7 after a probe into alleged irregularities. Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was later elected BCB president unopposed on June 7.
For now, the claim remains disputed. The allegation is based on unnamed BCB sources, while Bulbul has publicly denied making any request to freeze BCB funding. Neither the reported letter nor any official statement from the ICC has been made public.
