This legend retired from Bangladesh cricket. (Photo- PTI)
The tension in Bangladesh cricket has reached its peak. Now domestic cricket is also being affected amid the ongoing dispute with India regarding the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. The controversial statements of Bangladesh Cricket Board Finance Committee Chairman M. Nazmul Islam hurt the players so much that they threatened to boycott all cricket activities including the Bangladesh Premier League. Due to which Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken a big decision.
This legend retired from Bangladesh cricket
Nazmul Islam had recently said that if Bangladesh is out of the T20 World Cup 2026, the board will not suffer any financial loss. Only the players will suffer losses because they will not get match fees. He also added that the board already spends heavily on players, and if they do not perform well then why ask for the money back? This statement proved to be extremely insulting to the players and the cricket community. In protest against this, Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh took a big step and announced that if Nazmul Islam does not resign from his post before the BPL match to be held on Thursday (January 15), then the players will not take the field. The effect of this threat was also visible and on January 15, players did not reach the stadium in Chittagong Royals vs Noakhali Express and other matches.
According to reports, bowing to the pressure of the players, BCB has taken major action. The board has removed Nazmul Islam from all responsibilities including the post of Finance Committee Chairman. At present the board has removed him from all activities. Earlier, Nazmul had also called former captain Tamim Iqbal an Indian agent, on which a huge uproar was seen.
Nazmul Islam gave this controversial statement
Nazmul Hasan had said, there will be no loss to the Bangladesh Cricket Board by not participating in the World Cup, the loss will be to the players. After this, while talking about giving compensation to the players, he angrily asked, why should we give compensation? If he is unable to go anywhere and do anything, will we ask him back the crores of rupees spent on him? Shall we ask? Answer me. He further said that it will be difficult for the players to survive without the board. The players did not like his statement and within no time he got embroiled in controversy.