Razzak resigns from selector role, among 60 nominees for BCB polls

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election commission released nomination forms yesterday, with 60 forms collected across the categories.

BCB president Aminul Islam and director Nazmul Abedeen Fahim picked up forms from Category A under Dhaka Division and District respectively. Former captain Tamim Iqbal did the same from Category B, while former president Faruque Ahmed, ousted after his councillorship was scrapped, also filed in Category B via another councillor.

Meanwhile, former national cricketer Abdur Razzak surprised many by resigning from the BCB selection panel and collecting a nomination form as a councillor for Khulna Division. Two other forms were also picked up from Khulna Division and District in Category A.

Razzak cited a conflict of interest as the reason for leaving the selection panel. "If I have to run in the election, I must resign. That decision came automatically," he said. On his plans, he added: "I played for a long time, contributed as a selector, and now if there's an opportunity to take another step forward, I will... Mainly, it's about doing something good for cricket."

In Category A, 25 forms were submitted (Dhaka-3, Chattogram-5, Khulna-3, Rajshahi-4, Sylhet-3, Rangpur-6, Barishal-1), with Shakawath Hossain, BCB's Cricket Tourism Advisor, the lone candidate from Barishal. Ten board directors will be elected from this category.

Category B saw 32 forms collected for 12 board director positions. Notable names included Tamim Iqbal, Ishtiaque Sadeque, Shahnian Tanim, Mohammedan's Masuduzzaman, and current directors Iftekhar Rahman Mithu and Fahim Sinha.

In Category C, Khaled Masud Pilot filed as a former player, while former director Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir and former first-class cricketer Debabrata Paul submitted through Chattogram University and Jahangirnagar University, respectively.

Nomination papers are due on Sunday, with the final list of nominees to be announced on Monday.