Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mostafa Kamal is all set to take the chair as the International Cricket Council (ICC) president on June 29 in Melbourne upon conclusion of the oraganisation’s six-day annual conference. Kamal left the country on Tuesday night to join the ICC conference.
Kamal will become the first Bangladeshi and fourth Asian to take charge of the high-ranked post in the world apex body. The three previous ICC presidents from the sub-continent were previously Jagmohan Dalmiya (India), Ehsan Mani (Pakistan) and Sharad Pawar (India).
According to the agenda of the ICC conference, the Full Council is expected to approve amendments to the ICC constitution which were agreed upon by the ICC Board in its meeting on February 8 in Singapore.
“There will be no formalities here as the election for the president and vice-president was held simultaneously,” Kamal said to the media before leaving Dhaka.
Alongside Kamal, former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanaswami Srinivasan will take over as the first-ever chairman of the ICC on June 29.
Meanwhile, Kamal also expressed his disappointment over Bangladesh’s recent performance on the field and said, “Our team’s current performance has not been satisfactory. Leading cricket-playing nations show less interest to play us. So, we have no alternative ahead of us but to execute better field performance.”