Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was elected president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday after securing a commanding victory in the board directors' election at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
Tamim, who had been serving as head of the BCB's ad hoc committee for the past two months, first secured a director's position from the Dhaka clubs category by receiving the highest number of votes. He was later elected unopposed as BCB president, having been the sole candidate for the post.
With his appointment, Tamim becomes the 18th president and the sixth elected president in the board's history. Fahim Sinha was named vice-president.
A total of 16 candidates contested the election for 12 director positions in Category-2, which represents Dhaka-based clubs. Tamim topped the poll with 73 votes, followed by Sayeed Ibrahim Ahmed and Israfil Khasru with 72 votes each. Masuduzzaman received 70 votes, while Yasir Mohammad Faisal Ashiq secured 68.
The other successful candidates were Fahim Sinha, Asif Rabbani, Mirza Yasir Abbas, Rafiqul Islam Babu, Sarkar Mahbub Ahmed Shamim, Shahnian Tanim and Shafiq Ahmed Salam.
The unsuccessful candidates were Borhanul Pappu, Amjad Hossain, Fayazur Rahman Mitu and Major Imroz Ahmed (retd).
The newly constituted 25-member BCB board consists of 10 representatives from divisional and district cricket associations (Category-1), 12 representatives from Dhaka clubs (Category-2) and one representative from Category-3.
The elected directors are as follows:
Category-1 (Divisional and District Associations)
- Dhaka Division: Sayeed Bin Zaman, SM Abdullah Al Fuad
- Chattogram Division: Minhajul Abedin Nannu, Moyeen Uddin Chowdhury
- Khulna Division: Shafiqul Alam, Shantanu Islam
- Rajshahi Division: Mir Shakrul Alam
- Rangpur Division: Mirza Faisal Amin
- Sylhet Division: Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury
- Barishal Division: Mizanur Rahman
Category-2 (Club Representatives)
Tamim Iqbal, Masuduzzaman, Fahim Sinha, Asif Rabbani, Yasir Mohammad Faisal Ashiq, Mirza Yasir Abbas, Israfil Khasru, Rafiqul Islam, Sarkar Mahbub Ahmed Shamim, Shahnian Tanim, Sayeed Ibrahim Ahmed and Shafiq Ahmed.
Category-3
Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir.