Directors from the previous Bangladesh Cricket Board administration have urged the ICC not to recognise the upcoming BCB election scheduled for June 7.
Two ICC representatives, South Africa’s Dr. Mohammed Moosajee and Zimbabwe’s Tavengwa Mukuhlani, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday. On Monday morning, they met four directors from the former board led by Aminul Islam. Those directors were Asif Akbar, Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury, M Nazmul Islam and Hasanuzzaman.
After the meeting, the group issued a press release and described themselves as the BCB’s “elected leadership”. They claimed the current board had given a misleading picture of the ICC officials’ visit.
The BCB had announced on May 31 that the ICC representatives were coming to meet stakeholders involved in the election process. However, the former directors said the officials were not in Bangladesh to observe the election.
According to the statement, the ICC representatives told them they were part of a fact-finding mission. The directors also claimed the visitors said the ICC had not given them any responsibility to supervise or monitor the election.
The former board members raised several issues during the meeting. One of their main demands was that the ICC should not recognise the June 7 election.
They also requested the ICC delegation to issue a public statement confirming that they were not in Dhaka as election observers.
The ICC representatives have met several groups since arriving in Bangladesh. On Sunday, they held talks with members of the BCB Election Commission. Before that, they met BCB interim committee chief Tamim Iqbal and committee member Fahim Sinha.
The visit comes as preparations continue for the BCB Board election later this week.
