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Former Bangladesh captain Aminul Islam Bulbul has been elected president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) following Sunday’s board elections.
The election, held from 10 AM to 4 PM at a hotel in Dhaka, took place amid controversy after Tamim Iqbal and 21 other director candidates withdrew from the race, alleging government interference.
Despite their withdrawal, the polls went ahead, with voting conducted across three categories to elect 23 directors. Two additional directors will be appointed through the National Sports Council (NSC). Official results were announced around 6 PM.
President: Aminul Islam Bulbul
Vice Presidents: Nazmul Abedin, Faruque Ahmed
Category 1 Directors:
Aminul Islam Bulbul, Nazmul Abedin Fahim, Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury, Asif Akbar, Abdur Razzak, Julfikar Ali Khan, Muklesur Rahman Khan, Hasanuzzaman, Rahat Shams, Shakhawat Hossain
Category 2 Directors:
Ishtiaq Sadeque, Adnan Rahman Dipon, Fayazur Rahman, Abul Bashar, Amzad Hossain, Shanian Tanim Navim, Mokhsedul Kamal, M. Nazmul Islam, Faruque Ahmed, Manjur Alam, Mehrab Alam Chowdhury, Iftikhar Rahman Mithu
Category 3 Director:
Khaled Masud Pilot – 35 votes
Debabrata Pal – 7 votes
Voting Breakdown
Category 2: 76 eligible voters; 43 cast ballots (34 e-votes, 9 in-person); 33 abstained.
Category 3: 45 eligible voters; 42 voted (5 e-votes, 37 in-person); 3 abstained.
Rajshahi Division: 9 votes; 7 cast (6 e-votes, 1 in-person); 2 abstained.
Rangpur Division: 9 votes; 5 cast (3 e-votes, 2 in-person); 4 abstained.
Preliminary tallies showed Khaled Masud Pilot securing a decisive win in Category 3 with 35 votes.
