Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal has announced his intention to contest the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections, scheduled for the first week of October. He is expected to vie for the board’s top post, the presidency, generating significant attention from both the cricketing community and political observers.
Tamim has already started preparations for the election, which will see the president chosen by 25 elected directors, making alliances and endorsements crucial. Reports had earlier suggested that he might receive backing from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), but BNP’s central sports affairs secretary Aminul Haque later clarified that Tamim’s participation is a personal decision and he is not officially a BNP candidate.
At the same time, former national captain Aminul Islam Bulbul has declared his candidacy and recently claimed he faced pressure to withdraw from the race, a claim BNP dismissed as a possible election tactic. Sources also indicate that the current government’s sports advisor, Asif Mahmud, is actively supporting Bulbul’s bid.
Former BCB president and BNP leader Ali Asghar Lobi, who will not contest this year’s elections as he prepares for the upcoming national parliamentary polls, praised Tamim as “a good cricketer and an educated young man” and emphasized his potential to strengthen Bangladesh cricket if elected. Lobi also cautioned against the growing influence of politics in sports.
With two former cricketing stars now in the race and political dynamics intertwined, the upcoming BCB election is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched and politically charged contests in recent memory, leaving fans and observers eager to see who will emerge as the next president.
