Aminul Islam Bulbul, the Bangladesh Cricket Board\u2019s ousted president, has now turned to the International Cricket Council, seeking help from the same cricket governance authority he previously sidelined during the build-up to the T20 World Cup. The development follows reports that Bulbul has written to the ICC arguing that his removal from the BCB is unlawful, and requesting the world body\u2019s intervention in what has become a politically charged dispute over the board\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n
The letter arrives just a day after the Bangladesh government removed Bulbul from his post and named Tamim Iqbal\u2014an accomplished former international\u2014as the interim president of the BCB. While the precise wording of Bulbul\u2019s complaint to the ICC has not been made public, an ICC official involved at the time said it was difficult to reconcile Bulbul\u2019s current stance with the position he had taken earlier. The concern is that Bulbul had previously sought grounds to oppose Bangladesh\u2019s participation in the February-March global tournament, even as the ICC urged cooperation.<\/p>\n
During that earlier period, Bulbul\u2019s approach was widely understood to have been rooted in the Bangladesh government\u2019s direction not to play in India. Now, with his own removal contested, the ICC has questioned how Bulbul can seek protection from the ICC\u2019s constitution and processes against steps taken by the Bangladesh government\u2014particularly given that he had earlier pursued a boycott of the World Cup framework on the basis of government instructions, despite persistent appeals from the ICC.<\/p>\n
One ICC director highlighted the apparent contradiction, pointing to the BCB\u2019s explanation for missing the recently concluded ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup. The director noted that the board had cited the government\u2019s instruction not to play in India, while also disregarding a binding Members Participation Agreement with the ICC. Yet, the director said, the same board is now asking the ICC to shield it from inquiries and directives issued under the authority of its government.<\/p>\n
Bulbul\u2019s appeal to the ICC was also preceded by his own public statement earlier in the day, in which he urged immediate ICC action to safeguard the \u201csanctity\u201d of an elected board. In that statement, he claimed the \u201cAd-hoc Committee\u201d set up in the midst of the leadership turmoil was illegal, and he also argued that the findings of a probe report were without legal foundation.<\/p>\n
He further insisted that the outcome of an election held on October 6, 2025\u2014conducted by a neutral three-member panel that included a Supreme Court advocate and a senior CID officer\u2014cannot be challenged by any government body after the event. Bulbul also alleged that a report submitted on April 5, 2026 is \u201cdefective,\u201d \u201cwhimsical,\u201d and legally unsustainable, adding that it holds no weight under either law or the BCB\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n
ICC engagement with Bulbul had already been complicated before the latest correspondence. During an online meeting with ICC officials, he was described as the toughest BCB representative to deal with for the global body, and at one stage he even declined to continue participating in the discussions. Throughout the interaction and the ensuing standoff, Bulbul repeatedly relied on government instructions to defend the BCB\u2019s position against taking part in the T20 World Cup\u2014maintaining that the board would not comply unless its request to move matches from India was accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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