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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named ex-skipper Faruque Ahmed Wednesday as president after the resignation of Nazmul Hassan, an in depth ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Cricket and politics go hand-in-hand in Bangladesh, and the game has been hit by the turmoil that has wracked the nation. Nazmul, who additionally served as sports activities minister throughout Hasina’s 15-year autocratic rule, wrote to the BCB to resign, board chief govt officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury instructed AFP.
“His want was granted,” he stated.
Greater than 450 individuals have been killed throughout a month of student-led protests towards Hasina’s rule, earlier than she give up as prime minister on August 5 and fled the nation.
Chowdhury stated Faruque was elected by the board’s administrators and “took cost instantly”.
Nazmul had been BCB president since 2012, serving a number of phrases, along with his final tenure scheduled to finish in 2025.
New president Faruque briefly captained Bangladesh within the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya and performed seven one-day internationals.
He retired from the nationwide crew after the World Cup in 1999.
He additionally held the place of nationwide chief selector between 2005 and 2014.
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