The Bangladesh Cricket Board got its first elected president when the newly elected and NSC nominated directors of the board unanimously elected him to the post on Wednesday.
After the introductory session of the directors at the NSC audotorium, Nazmul did not have to wait long to get his name inked in the history book of Bangladesh cricket as the 17th BCB president and the first without being government nominee.
BCB director AZM Nasir proposed his name as the BCB president that was immediately seconded by Mahbub Anam and Monjur Kader came forward to voice his approval only to be followed by the rest of the directors, apart from Afzalur Rahman Sinha and Saiful Alam Swapan who were absent for performing Hajj.
‘Nazmul Hasan is declared as the elected president of the newly-formed executive committee of BCB as there was no other candidate for the post,’ Abdur Rahman, the chief election commissioner, said on Wednesday.
With the formation of the board, Nazmul completed his major task after being nominated by the NSC as the president of the BCB ad-hoc executive committee on October 17, 2012.
The ad-hoc committee will hand over responsibility to the newly-elected body at the BCB Office, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.
‘I thank all of them who were behind me throughout this process,’ Nazmul told reporters at the NSC.
Nazmul said that completing the BCB election before the October 17 deadline set by the International Cricket Council was all the more satisfying as it will help them avoid an embarrassment in the next ICC meeting.
‘In the next ICC meeting every national board will be presenting their elected president where several important issues will be discussed and I am eagerly looking forward to it,’ said Nazmul.
‘The ICC asked all the boards to have an elected body by June 23 but we could not do so due to various reasons,’ said Nazmul.
‘Later they had extended the time up to October 17 for the respective cricket boards to fulfil their requirement before it is considered to be a major failure, so the importance of the election was extremely high for us and I am happy that we could complete it before the deadline,’ he added.
Nazmul admitted that his tenure as the ad-hoc committee boss did not pass smoothly due to several obstacles created by his opposition but despite that he looked to be satisfied with his achievement.
‘Being the nominated ad-hoc president there were several issues that could not be focussed upon as my time was consumed by the cases filed to create a barrier in completing the election but even then I am happy with my achievement,’ said Nazmul.
Nazmul will preside over the first board meeting today where several important issues will be discussed.
-With New Age input
